The City and Town of Burlington have reached an agreement for the city’s Fire Department to provide emergency medical services to town residents beginning Jan. 1 after the Burlington Rescue Squad officially disbands.
The Rescue Squad’s assets will also be distributed to various area fire agencies under an agreement ratified Tuesday night by the City Council.
An ambulance will be added to the Fire Department’s roster; the only necessary cost will be an estimated $7,600 to remove and replace the Burlington Rescue Squad markings and logos. In the city’s 2020 budget, aldermen also approved spending more than $310,000 to hire three full-time and two part-time firefighter/EMTs to help close the gap.
The city is to inherit pagers, computers, radios and various office supplies.