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w^y affect state funding fot rescue squads.
Gilkcv reported that new state regulations which ta|e
effect in March. I9fp. require "at least one EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) on the squad in order to roll." While acknowledging problems that rescue squads have with staffing, Gilkey maintained that the training requirement will be beneficial to the people served by the squads. “We've got to be a little more advanced than basic first aid," he said.
Wood agreed that it’s beneficial to have an EMT but maintained that if he had a medical emergency, he'd still want the rescue squad to respond to his call, even if an EMT wasn't available to ride with the ambulance. Latham inquired whether the absence of trained personnel would have an affect on a rescue squad’s insurance coverage. No one at • Monday's
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