Gaines Township Supervisor Paul Fortino is unhappy with a new policy.
“At no time did we get to vote on it other than to say, ‘hey, this is a problem for us,’” Fortino said.
That problem ties back to the Gaines Township Fire Department. Their crews are trained to handle medical calls, but Genesee County 911’s new policy is changing the way these calls are handled.
Emergency crews may be ready to roll at the Gaines Township Fire Department, but with the new rule – if there’s an ambulance within eight minutes away, the dispatch will send that ambulance instead.
“Theoretically, very few emergency medical responses would be made by the fire department,” Fortino said.
Fortino and the fire chief took to Facebook to let residents know.
“There were two incidents where the fire department was not punched out when we believe they should’ve been,” Fortino said.