Maine’s air ambulance provider had previously contracted its aviation management to a firm with a reputation for rapidly increasing costs.
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Town discussing ambulance options
Town officials recently agreed there is a need to see what ambulance service options Bradley may have. At a town council meeting earlier this month, Town Manager Melissa Doane said she and Fire Chief Eric Gifford recently had met with Old Town city officials to discuss ambulance call costs; apparently, there is some concerns that […]
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Maine emergency officials agree to share more patient data
AUGUSTA — Maine state emergency medical service officials have decided to share more broadly information about the care patients receive following recent legislation and the recommendations of physicians who oversee the system. Physicians say the change will improve their ability to assess how patients are being treated across the state’s emergency service regions. Even so, […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Poland seeking proposals for new ambulance
POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday approved Fire Chief Mark Bosse’s request to ask dealers to submit proposals for a new ambulance. The unit would replace Squad 1, a 2007 model with 60,000 miles and serious rust. “It was on a seven-year cycle for replacement, but we were able to stretch it for nine,” Bosse said. […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Auburn ambulance service calls increase more than 1,000
AUBURN — Fire Chief Frank Roma said Fire Department emergency medical service requests increased from 2,313 before the city had an ambulance service to 3,438 after the service started in mid-October 2014. “The program has met both projections we had when we started, as far as service delivery and projected revenues,” Roma said. Roma presented a […]
Posted inRiver Valley
Med-Care budget to hold steady
MEXICO — Med-Care Ambulance will keep its budget at $24 per capita, Selectman Reggie Arsenault told the Board of Selectmen at its Dec. 15 meeting. Arsenault, who represents Mexico on the Med-Care Board, said that after two budget meetings, the Med-Care budget was passed on Dec. 9. “The revenue stream on the paying part is showing […]
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NorthStar ambulance strikes tractor-trailer en route to medical call
JAY — A NorthStar EMS ambulance hit a tractor-trailer on the way to a medical call Friday, according to Jay police Detective Michael Mejia. Both vehicles were stopped in road construction on Route 4, near AMVETS, with just one travel lane, he said. The truck stayed put when traffic was allowed to go so the […]
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Board of Selectmen approve purchase of ambulance
BUCKFIELD — The Board of Selectmen approved the purchase of a 1998 Ford custom ambulance from Stoneham Rescue for $6,000. Rescue Chief Floyd Richardson said $4,995 would come from the Fire Equipment Reserve and a $1,005 donation from the Rescue Association, which the board voted to accept. Richardson said the ambulance was in very good […]
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Ex-ambulance service worker from Andover sentenced to six years on child pornography charge
PORTLAND — An Andover man was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to six years in federal prison for possessing child pornography on computers at his workplace and home. Jason Littlehale, 42, pleaded guilty to the charge in September. He had been free on $5,000 unsecured bail but was taken into custody immediately after he […]