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Council member proposes state statute change allowing municipal first-responder programs
Summary
A council member asked the city to prepare a resolution urging state lawmakers to amend TCA §7-61-102 to permit municipalities to operate their own first-responder/EMS transport programs; council asked the city attorney to draft language for a future meeting.
A Crossville council member proposed the city pursue a state-law change to allow municipalities to establish and operate municipal first-responder programs, including transport services, under municipal governance rather than only through county EMS.
The speaker said the proposed amendment would be to Tennessee Code Annotated §7-61-102 and described it as permissive —…
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