Mount Vernon may take on fire and EMS protection for College Township and Kenyon College by staffing its Gambier fire station for $500,000 annually, if a five-year contract that was presented at a City Council committee meeting on Monday night is approved.
The City would be required to staff by Dec. 1 the fire station at 102 E. Brooklyn St. in Gambier — 24/7, 365 days a year — with a full-time firefighter/paramedic with the rank of lieutenant, a full-time firefighter/paramedic and a part-time firefighter/EMT, Safety-Service Director Rick Dzik said. Fire coverage would begin by June 1.
College Township had ended its service agreement with Monroe Township.
Adding these three firefighters increases the number of personnel on duty at any time for Mount Vernon from 9 to 12, another benefit to the city. Up to 25 part-time personnel will be hired to meet the staffing levels.