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Council advances bill to require ambulances carry community resource materials; administration suggests QR-code alternative
Summary
Council advanced CB 21-2026 (second reading) requiring printed, multilingual community resource materials on county ambulances; the administration proposed using a centralized QR-code approach to reduce print costs while maintaining multilingual access; the committee reported favorably 3–0.
CB 21-2026 would require Prince George’s County Fire & EMS ambulances to carry printed community resource information—covering housing, food assistance, legal services, mental‑health resources and related social services—and to maintain materials in multiple languages sufficient for the county’s fleet.
The public safety committee reported the bill favorable 3–0 and discussed operational details for the county’s approximately 142 ambulances. The administration suggested pairing printed materials with a centralized QR code on units to allow regular updates and reduce printing costs; council staff and legal counsel said the draft language already allows digital solutions if included on the materials.
"This would improve the accuracy reducing printing costs, and this approach would be paired with promoting PGC 311," the administration representative said during committee discussion. Acting Deputy Fire Chief David Wilson described frontline encounters where responders identified residents with unmet needs and said tangible information for residents would be useful.
The bill remained under consideration; committee members signaled openness to technical amendments that allow digital links while ensuring multilingual and durable access on ambulances.
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