https://lisbonemergency.org/information-on-lisbon-ems
approx 50 pages - very detailed small town ambulance service - 16,000 population - they cover 3 towns almost converted into a town agency this year but the new fire chief said 'hold the phone'- lol lol lol Lisbon Emergency aka the ambulance service only has 6 fulltime employees - the rest are volunteers or per diem - this report doesnt even say how many volunteers they have - there might not be any volunteers now - they might call them all 'per diem' - some new state law is related to that not sure why they do transfer work - there is no hospital in Lisbon getting loan on 3rd ambulance - using ambulance base as collateral - ?????? Lisbon Emergency has extensive info on their website right now - the 24 hour amb has medic 100% of time - the 12 hour ambulance has medic 90% of time - response time is 5 minutes in Lisbon but 15 to 20 minutes to Bowdoin and Bowdoinham - but 1 or 2 of them has a First Responder EMS Squad Lisbon Emergency collects around $1M in ambulance fees - and $1M from the 3 towns iirc Lisbon Emergency pays Libon PD for dispatch service note - bowdoin and bowdoinham are in sagadahoc county - lisbon is in androscoggin county amazing that a simple little small town ambulance service can be this complicated ======================= here is sept 2023 info from lisbon fd webpage The report's count of Lisbon's sworn [police] officers is now 17, with one delegated to MDEA and funded by the state of Maine. Pages 34-35: In 2023, the Town of Lisbon awarded the EMS contract to Lisbon Emergency. Additionally, negotiations have commenced on regionalizing the service, with considerations of dissolving Lisbon EMS to establish a new entity. Page 35: The town has bolstered its firefighter staffing. We currently employ four full-time firefighters, with two consistently on active duty every day of the week, supplemented by per diem staff. ====================== so if lisbon went to a public safety department - they would have approx 30 fulltime people in total - that would not be shabby - but still no one would want to do transfers to boston at 3 am when its blizzarding -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKZGCS-N_K%3DGwDcWpEdcxU5E7b1OosCz2C4KAcUQsUBtMA%40mail.gmail.com.
