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Department presenter says adding an ambulance crew member reduced overtime and generated revenue in six-month trial
Summary
A department representative said a six-month seven-member shift trial generated an estimated $75,000 in additional revenue, produced a documented $65,400 six-month savings, and could reduce annual overtime by roughly $120,000 if sustained; no formal action or vote is recorded in the transcript.
Unidentified Speaker, a department representative, told attendees that a six-month trial using seven-member ambulance shifts produced measurable financial and operational benefits and urged adding one full-time member to sustain those gains.
The presenter said the trial produced an "estimated additional revenue" of $75,000 based on 50 mutual-aid calls the department received during the six-month window and called the trial "a huge savings to our department." The speaker added that overtime savings extrapolated to a year would be approximately $138,100 and that the department calculated a salary cost of $79,357 (based on a mid-range step 1), which led to a reported total savings figure of $126,443 associated with adding one member.
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