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Chautauqua County EMS leaders outline plan to implement Senate Bill 7501
Summary
County emergency services staff told legislators they are preparing a countywide EMS response plan under Senate Bill 7501, emphasizing coordination with municipalities, the regional EMS council and data collection; staff said the plan is a coordinating blueprint, not a county takeover of local EMS providers.
Noel Gutman, director of emergency services, and Tim Carlson, chief paramedic for County EMS, briefed the Public Safety Committee Feb. 18 on implementation work for New York State Senate Bill 7501, which directs counties to develop EMS response plans.
Gutman said the statute requires counties to work with towns, cities, villages and the EMS council to identify areas of need, funding options and response metrics. "This is a plan for us to work with all those departments, all those municipalities, all those fire…
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