By Marietta Homayonpour
Danbury News-Times
BETHEL, Conn. — A 68-year-old tradition ended this month when the Bethel Volunteer Fire Department began billing for ambulance service to the hospital.
“It came about because of a dwindling number of volunteers during the daytime and the need to supplement our volunteer staff to meet the needs of covering all the calls,” Bethel Fire Department Chief Fred Ingram said.
The money from the billing will be used for two paid emergency medical technicians to help volunteer EMTs man the ambulances during the day.
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