Jeff Toorish
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I am a volunteer for our local EMS service, which is attached to the semi-autonomous fire department.
During the past few months, there has been a general discussion regarding combining with another, larger, service. Essentially, the larger service would take us over. We already have a close relationship with that service and many of our members work for both, or volunteer for both.
As part of the discussion, we have also talked about the chances of there becoming a county-wide (regional) Fire/EMS service. Some people believe that is inevitable, but here in Maine there is not much tradition or history of regionalization.
Has anyone gone through the transition from local to joint or regional Fire/EMS, and if so, what are the pros and cons?
Jeff
During the past few months, there has been a general discussion regarding combining with another, larger, service. Essentially, the larger service would take us over. We already have a close relationship with that service and many of our members work for both, or volunteer for both.
As part of the discussion, we have also talked about the chances of there becoming a county-wide (regional) Fire/EMS service. Some people believe that is inevitable, but here in Maine there is not much tradition or history of regionalization.
Has anyone gone through the transition from local to joint or regional Fire/EMS, and if so, what are the pros and cons?
Jeff