RUSH, N.Y. – The Rush EMS service is set to be cut from the Rush Fire District after a recent vote led to its disbandment and the sale of its assets to CHS Mobile. CHS Mobile provides services to several towns in southern Monroe County such as Chili, Henrietta, and Scottsville.
“It doesn’t make a lot of sense,” said John Faugh, Chief of the Rush Fire District. “If you’re looking out for the best interest of the community and the best of the patients, the people who need the ambulance, I don’t think this was it.”
Faugh expressed concern about the future of EMS services following the town’s fire commission vote on Tuesday night.
“Lot of townspeople attended the last commissioners meeting and came out with supporting our ambulance,” Faugh said. “We thought we were working towards a plan to increase our ridership, get good staffing levels up, and cover more calls. And then last night, they proposed a resolution to merge with CHS, held a vote, and it passed 3 to 2.”
Faugh is worried that the changes could impact the speed of ambulance services for Rush residents.
“Just there’s a lot of unknowns,” Faugh said. “The resolution says that we sell them our ambulance so we no longer own the ambulance itself. We all have to become members of that organization. And again, we don’t know what those requirements are specifically.”
There is currently no information on when the sale will take place.
News10NBC reached out to the Rush fire commissioners for comment but did not receive a response.
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