The North Summit Fire District is a special service district in the county with around 25 volunteer firefighters and EMS serving almost 420 square miles in the North Eastern part of the county.
In the past, when there were accidents the responding volunteers would drive to the scene in their own cars. Coalville Mayor Trevor Johnson said these volunteers were commonly community members.
"You'd have an ambulance presence with local volunteer firefighters, people that you saw every day ... you worked with, went to church with or whatever saw on the grocery store," Johnson said. "And that was that it was a culture, I think that is important and embedded into the fabric of the community."
In 2001, Park City Fire District started to oversee the operation of Summit County EMS including North Summit.
Since the change, some community members say response times are slower and the team is no longer local. Johnson said there are concerns on both sides.