It’s been less than two weeks since the result of a yearlong legislative study aimed at saving the volunteer models of providing fire and emergency medical service in Pennsylvania was unveiled in Harrisburg.
Touted as “a reboot” of 2004 initiatives, which led to some reforms and additional funding funneled to local organizations but ultimately fell short of reversing the downward trend of losing volunteers, the new report is still being distributed and digested throughout the emergency services community.
The lack of impact felt by the 2004 effort, known as Senate Resolution 60, has led some to viewing the new report, or what’s known as Senate Resolution 6, through a skeptic’s lens.