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Resident urges Tippecanoe County to bring ambulance service under county control; commissioner disputes some claims
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 2 meeting, resident Eric Germen urged the county to convert Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service into a county department, citing staffing shortages and alleging Franciscan Health exerts operational control; a commissioner responded that Germen's statements contained 'several misstatements' and clarified the board composition.
A Tippecanoe County resident told commissioners on Feb. 2 that the county's ambulance system is understaffed and mismanaged and urged the board to make the service a county department.
"Please do the right thing. Make this a Tippecanoe County Department," Eric Germen said during public comment, arguing that Tippecanoe Emergency Ambulance Service (TEAS) operates with too few paramedics and relies too heavily on volunteer services.
Germen traced TEAS’s history back to 2011 and said recent staff losses left the service short of paramedics. He told the board he was told the…
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