Fire-based EMS Crews Now Responding in South Berwick, ME
Something changed Sunday morning in South Berwick.
An engine and an ambulance crew responded to a smoke alarm after the resident left something in a toaster a tad too long.
The ambulance was staffed by South Berwick firefighter/EMTs not a team from a private EMS agency, WMWT reported.
Just over a year ago, voters approved funding to establish a fire-based EMS program. And, eight new firefighter/EMTs and paramedics hit the street a month earlier than scheduled.
"We truly appreciate all of the support, and I can assure you, we won’t let you down," fire officers wrote on Sunday.
Heretofore, the department responded to medical incidents with EMTs in a non-transport unit.
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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.