Fremont County launches regional ambulance-evaluation group to explore self-sustaining models
Summary
County and partner representatives introduced a Regional Ambulance Service Evaluation Committee to study options for ambulance service sustainability, including a model that increases inter-facility transfers to subsidize 9-1-1 calls; Chris Kojai was named committee chair.
County staff and partners briefed the commission on a newly formed Regional Ambulance Service Evaluation Committee intended to assess current ambulance coverage and evaluate alternative service models.
Speaker 12 explained the committee's role: collect stakeholder feedback, analyze service gaps across rural Fremont County communities and recommend options that could reduce reliance on public subsidy. Chris Kojai (speaker 11) said the committee will evaluate multiple models and presented a draft that emphasized inter-facility transfers (IFTs) as a revenue source to cross-subsidize emergency 9-1-1 responses.
"We're trying to provide some guidance framework to possibly help solve this get under load handling service in Fremont County," Chris Kojai said, explaining the committee will present options that could operate with or without taxpayer subsidy. Kojai noted the draft is an example, not a final proposal.
Commissioners asked the committee to provide a written summary for commissioners who could not attend and to return with detailed financial modeling and staffing implications. The commission directed staff to continue coordinating with tribal partners and municipal leaders and to bring the committee's recommendations back for discussion at upcoming budget work sessions.
The committee will meet weekly (schedule flexible) and will circulate agendas and summaries to the commission as work products become available.
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