EMS Aid Bill receives hearing

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Lobbying efforts for emergency ambulance funding have built momentum in St. Paul.  Pictured, area legislators Tom Murphy, R- Maine Township, and Jeff Backer, R-Browns Valley, met recently with Otter Tail County emergency manager Patrick Waletzko, center. 
“EMS providers are struggling under the current “fee-for-service” model that has left rural areas of the state with decreasing access to ambulances and other EMS options,” stated Backer. As a member of the EMS Task Force and a volunteer EMT since 1995, I have brought a unique perspective to the crisis facing ambulance services in Greater Minnesota.”


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