Officials from Hadley spoke with their counterparts in Hampden at the Feb. 18 select board meeting. Hadley Town Administrator David Nixon and Selectwoman Molly Keegan had been invited to share their experience with Action EMS, an ambulance service with which Hampden is considering a contract.
After 71 years of ambulance service from neighboring Amherst, Nixon said Hadley was facing issues around how to address an increase in the number of calls, the cost of service and the complexity of the calls, many of the same difficulties that Hampden is now dealing with.
After Hadley completed an ambulance study committee, which looked at factors such as cost and personnel, the town put out a request for proposals, to which Action EMS was the only response.