Friends of Gibson County EMS

01/20/2022

Gibson County's budgets 2018 - 2022.

Will be parsing through these ....

Breadcrumbs DLGF County Specific Information Current: Gibson Gibson BudgetThe budget order is a critical document in calculating tax bills. The order contains the state's certification of the approved budget, the certified net assessed value, the tax rate, and the levy for each fund of each taxing u...

01/19/2022

https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/lawmakers-set-to-tackle-controversial-insurance-related-bill-during-summer-study-session.php

A proposed piece of legislation would set a universal rate for ambulance transport costs.

01/19/2022

https://www.pdclarion.com/news/local_news/ems-director-department-in-desperate-need-of-new-ambulance/article_d4fcd938-0a4d-597d-9d12-e9c5444543b6.html

PRINCETON — Gibson County EMS Director David Pond updated county council members on progress toward a new ambulance Tuesday morning, emphasizing again the department’s need.

01/19/2022

https://www.wevv.com/content/news/EMS-Services-are-in-Critical-Need-of-Workers-575513281.html

The American Ambulance Association is calling on Congress to help train and fill positions before the 911 system cripples.

01/19/2022

https://www.14news.com/2021/07/20/gibson-co-ems-asks-more-pay-amid-staffing-issues/

Emergency Medical Service officials brought concerns before the county council last week.

01/19/2022

https://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/gibson-county-ems-workers-asking-county-council-for-a-change/

PRINCETON, Ind. (WEHT)- If you work eight hours in a day, you would expect to be paid for those eight hours. Likewise, if you work 40 hours in a week, you would expect to work just over 2,000 hours…

01/19/2022

At one point yesterday we were zero trucks available and had to call for mutual aid from AMR EVV.

01/19/2022

I have created this page as a focus on the issue of unfair pay and/or benefits for our local EMS crews as well as underfunding of our EMS program.