OCEAN CITY — With 44 occasions in the offseason last year when the Ocean City Fire Department did not have ambulance crews available to respond to calls, resort officials this week approved funding to add a two-person paramedic crew this year.
During Tuesday’s work session, Ocean City Fire Chief Richie Bowers and his staff came before the Mayor and Council requesting approval to fund another two-person ambulance crew from October through April. The request came after a recent review revealed there were numerous times during the offseason last year when the department had two or fewer ambulance crews available to respond to calls including 44 times when no crews were available.
The proposal on the table was to add a two-person ambulance crew to be staffed from Sunday to Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Beginning Thursday and through the weekends when call volume is highest, the unit would be staffed 24 hours a day.
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6 comments:
This is more important than to peoples health than these stupid events. Where is the OC Council on this matter? This has been an ongoing problem for decades and they keep attempting to bring more people and traffic to OC. That proves the OC Council is more interesting in the "MONEY" than in being a Family resort.
Lowest piggyback tax in the state. Cry me a river!
Way to step up chief.finally a chief that is pro-active.looking out for the residents and visitors for a change. Let alone the safety of his men and women on the job.strong work!
Making OCFD great again.way to go chief!
Piggy back tax goes to the county not the city. Most of the people are retired or unemployed. Worcester has the highest unemployment rates in the state. Ocean City just raised their Room tax rates use that money instead of more advertising to bring more people to the city
Get a life troll, this initiative started long before the new Chief.
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