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Tag Archives: Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services

Council devises short-term fix for EMS staffing

The union representing Austin emergency medical service workers won a partial victory last week when City Council voted to approve three new positions for the EMS call center. Three entry-level employees will be added to the center, and the department…

EMS • By Jack Craver • Feb 5, 2016

Council delays decision on EMS staffing issues

City Council heard two competing narratives over a staffing shortage in the City of Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services communications and dispatch section of its discussion last week, as department management urged Council to approve an ordinance that would eliminate…

EMS • By Jack Craver • Dec 23, 2015

Austin Monitor Radio: EMS staffing

Austin/Travis County EMS Chief of Staff Jasper Brown and EMS Employees Association head Anthony Marquardt join Austin Monitor reporter Tyler Whitson to discuss staffing issues faced by the agency. Program is embedded below.

Radio • By Michael Kanin • Aug 31, 2015

Committee restarts discussion of fire and EMS merger

Members of the Public Safety Committee heard testimony Monday on the idea of merging the Austin Fire Department with Austin/Travis County Emergency Medical Services, but city staff and organization heads reiterated time and again that anything official is a long way…

Public Safety • By Audrey McGlinchy, KUT • Jun 23, 2015

Suicides highlight rift between EMS staff, managers

A second suicide by an Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services first responder within the past seven months has heightened visible tensions between the department’s leadership and its employees. And while multiple EMS first responders took to Facebook earlier this month…

Austin • By Gene Davis • Jan 27, 2015

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