By Eric Mark
Wyoming County Press Examiner
FACTORYVILLE, Wyo. — At Wednesday’s meeting of Factoryville Borough Council, officials expressed support for local EMS services and a federal grant that might help fund emergency medical providers throughout Wyoming County.
Mayor Lou Jasikoff said in his monthly report that residents are pleased with the response times from Tunkhannock Community Ambulance, which was appointed the borough’s first-due EMS provider last year, after Factoryville Fire Co. ceased to provide ambulance service.
Jasikoff said the organizers of the borough’s annual Christy Mathewson Day, scheduled for June 6, will provide a table free of charge to Tunkhannock Community Ambulance for its subscription drive. The same consideration will be provided to any nonprofit that serves the community and borough residents, Jasikoff said.
Also, council unanimously approved a letter of support for a $500,000 Community Project Funding federal grant that U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-9, hopes to secure to support EMS agencies throughout the county.
Wyoming County Commissioner Chairman Rick Wilbur said Tuesday that the specifics of what the funding would go toward, should the grant be awarded, have not yet been decided.
A recent report — based on a study of county EMS services conducted by the state Department of Community and Economic Development — suggested county EMS agencies must work together and pool resources.
The deadline to apply for the grant funding was Thursday, March 12, the day after the borough council meeting. In a letter of support addressed to Meuser and signed by council President Bill Edwards, council said the county’s EMS system “faces serious long-term challenges, including staffing shortages, fewer volunteers, the cost of maintaining around-the-clock readiness, low reimbursement rates, long transport times that keep crews out of service for extended periods, and growing demand from an aging rural population.”
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