The Post-Tribune has an article about a new agreement that the Gary Fire Department has implemented with a private ambulance provider:

The city’s emergency medical services arm is receiving an outside boost by taking advantage of a mutual-aid agreement between it and a local ambulance service, but some city EMS workers are wary of the direction the agreement may take the city.

Ambulances and employees with Prompt Ambulance Service of Highland will start being housed at Gary’s Station No. 9, 761 Clark Road, on Sunday as part of an extension Gary Fire Chief Teresa Everett negotiated with the vendor. The extra manpower will cover the city’s west side, Glen Park and Brunswick areas.

Since many municipalities have eliminated their own EMS services to save money in their budgets — the City of East Chicago is among the most recent — some with the Gary Fire Department are concerned the city might be considering the same.

The entire article is HERE.