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Emery County officials weigh incentives and marketing to recruit EMTs as training and staffing lag
Summary
County and city leaders discussed EMS recruitment challenges: training scheduling and pass rates, county payment of training fees, and proposed incentives such as property‑tax writeoffs, rent support, and a marketing campaign that USU Eastern students could help produce.
County and city representatives told the council that local EMS systems are strained and that recruiting and retaining EMTs requires both schedule flexibility for training and financial incentives.
Commissioners said the county currently pays course fees, but training schedules and time commitments keep recruits from finishing. "The county pays the the fee," one participant said, and officials explained that many recruits sign up but later back out because "time constraint" or job…
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