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Pa. firefighters want to take over ambulance duties

Others concerned aboout eliminating need for city’s two independent ambulance services

BY Mike Faher
The Tribune-Democrat

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The best way to provide emergency medical service in Johns-town – and who should provide it – will be debated in the coming months.

There remain deep concerns about a proposal that would consolidate medical response into the city’s fire department, eliminating the need for the city’s two independent ambulance services.

But representatives of those two services – West End and Seventh Ward — agreed Wednesday to at least discuss the move.

Full story: Fire department’s union touts benefits of taking over all emergency medical calls