#ambulance-service

Contract is for three months while permanent replacement is found
Knox Commissioners hire Gordon Page, Sr., as interim county administrator
Tue, 02/13/2024 - 6:45pm

ROCKLAND – Knox County Commissioners during their regular session in chambers February 13 at the Knox County Courthouse, appointed Gordon Page, Sr., of Owls Head, as interim administrator for Knox County County. Former County Administrator Andrew Hart tendered his resignation effective February 1 on Jan 30. Since that time, Knox County Sheriff Patrick W. Polky has acted as interim administrator. Commission Chair Ed Glaser said Polky was already overwhelmed with the number of jobs that he has,...
Camden Fire Department expands EMS capabilities with new truck, training
Sun, 01/08/2023 - 4:45pm

CAMDEN — On Friday, Jan. 6, North East Mobile Health was already busy on a call in Lincolnville when another medical issue presented in Camden. When Rockland EMS couldn’t take the call, Thomaston Ambulance was requested. Yet, Warren Ambulance happened to be leaving the ER at the time, so North East asked that Warren respond from there, with Thomaston continuing with a paramedic. Because the hospital was still several minutes away from the location of the patient, a Camden firefighter at his...
PBMC will also continue to use North East Mobile Health Services for inter-facility transports
Pen Bay, Waldo County General hospitals add new ambulance company for patient transports
Sun, 11/06/2022 - 10:15am

BELFAST and ROCKPORT — Pen Bay Medical Center and Waldo County General Hospital are contracting with a second ambulance service, NorthStar, based in Farmington, to transport patients who need to be taken to other health care facilities. Until last week, Pen Bay had been working with North East Mobile Health Services for the majority of its patient ground transfers. “To ensure that patients who need to be transported to another health facility receive timely and cost effective care, Pen Bay...
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport mull over their emergency medical response future
Committee recommends slow steps toward EMS regional service; establish corps of first responders
Fri, 02/12/2021 - 8:00am

Two years ago, area fire chiefs broached the idea of establishing a regional, and municipally-run, ambulance service. Concerns over efficiencies with the existing privately-owned service had engendered the conversation, which was followed by the creation of a four-town steering committee, representing Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, and Pen Bay Medical Center, whose task was to take a hard look at the local EMS system. This week, both the Lincolnville and Camden Select Boards, with...
First responders to learn basic EMT this winter
Camden Fire Department to increase its emergency medicine skills
Tue, 11/12/2019 - 5:00pm

CAMDEN — With endorsement from the Camden Select Board, at least eight of the town’s firefighters will be spending the winter and spring learning how to assess trauma injuries and administer emergency medical care, skills that will only benefit the community at large, board members agreed. Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley introduced the proposal to send firefighters to a basic EMT course beginning in January when he appeared before the Select Board Nov. 6, at a regularly scheduled meeting held in...
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport town managers/administrators strategize next steps for local EMS oversight, talks
Tue, 08/27/2019 - 1:45pm
CAMDEN — Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport town administrators and managers sat for an hour in the office of Audra Caler-Bell this morning, Aug. 27, discussing how to proceed with issues involving ambulance service in the four towns. It was a productive meeting, reported Camden Town Manager Caler-Bell, with the end result agreement to more strongly enforce the existing contract with the privately owned North East Mobile Health Services, and for each town to better understand from its...
opinion
Robert ‘Butch’ Russell: Camden shifts blame, misrepresents truth
Wed, 08/21/2019 - 11:15am

For over a decade, North East Mobile Health Services (NEMHS) has been a mainstay in the communities of Camden, Rockport, Hope, and Lincolnville. Over these years, we have employed dozens of residents in service of their neighbors. We are a business of Mainers helping Mainers and it is an honor to fulfill the promise we made to these communities to provide responsive, reliable, and compassionate care at times of peril and need throughout the continuum of care. Our ability to maintain both a...
Memo to select boards outlines contractual issues
Camden, Rockport fire chiefs worried about EMS: Can’t ‘confidently say’ ambulance will show up when called
Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:45pm

CAMDEN — Informally and without any official votes, the Camden Select Board, its town manager and fire chief nonetheless agreed July 30 that the town is worried about the capacity of current emergency medical services for its citizens, and will be contacting its municipal attorney about contractual issues with the privately owned ambulance provider — “to raise the red flag, not the orange,” said Camden Select Board Chairman Bob Falciani. He was speaking toward the end of a workshop held in the...
Vote to transfer town-owned land to Maine Water
Rockport renews EMS contract with North East Mobile Health
Thu, 05/30/2019 - 3:45pm

ROCKPORT — On May 28, members of the Rockport Select Board authorized Town Manager Rick Bates to sign an agreement with North East Mobile Health Services to provide emergency medical service to the town from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020. The board added a provision that the town would notify North East Mobile Health Services (NEMHS) of their intent to renew the contract for the following year by Jan. 15, 2020. The board also voted unanimously to transfer a parcel of town-owned land to the...
Fire Chiefs present alternative EMS contract in Rockport
Tue, 03/12/2019 - 9:15pm

ROCKPORT — On March 11, fire chiefs from Rockport, Camden and Rockland presented the Rockport Select Board with a concept which may offer the municipality an improved emergency response system in the future. The plan would aim to create a regional ambulance service using the City of Rockland as the primary provider, and would cross-train its staff to be versed in fire rescue, as well as medical response techniques. If the proposal comes to fruition, the four towns of Camden, Hope, Lincolnville...
Meeting tonight
Midcoast towns consider creating own regional ambulance service
Tue, 02/26/2019 - 8:45am

CAMDEN — Fire chiefs and municipal managers in five Midcoast municipalities have talked about forming a regional community-owned ambulance service, and are now ready to take the idea before elected leaders. The idea will debut formally on Tuesday, Feb. 26, when Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley will ask the Select Board in that town if it wants to pursue joining Rockland, Rockport, Hope and Lincolnville town-owned emergency medical service. Currently, Rockland’s fire station and EMS operates as...
Rockland raises EMS fees for mutual aid responses
Fri, 01/12/2018 - 3:00pm

ROCKLAND – Neighboring towns whose sick and injured call for an ambulance and find Rockland medical responders at their door will soon see a significant increase in the fees. On Monday, January 8, members of Rockland City Council voted to raise the personnel and resource charges sent to towns and patients in the event of mutual aid medical responses by Rockland employees. Some of those fee increases would jump by $300, bringing overall compensation closer to what City taxpayers already pay for...
Signs letter of intent Aug. 5
Camden plans to sell tannery land to North East Mobile Health ambulance service
Wed, 08/06/2014 - 8:45am

CAMDEN — Voting unanimously, the Camden Select Board agreed Aug. 5 to enter into negotiations with North East Mobile Health Services (NEMHS) to purchase the Tannery site on Washington Street. The price is $75,000. See attached PDFs for letter of intent and conceptual plans. In 2008, the appraised value of the 3.5-acre brownfield was $450,000. That dropped to $175,000, and today, it's appraised value is unknown. Its assessed value by the Town of Camden is $75,700. The Scarborough-base for-profit...
Camden First Aid, North East Mobile: Breaking down the questions
Clearing up misconceptions, rumors: Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport heading to town meeting, tackle complicated EMS vote
Tue, 06/11/2013 - 4:30pm

CAMDEN — Julia Libby, Camden First Aid Association's service chief, said June 10, that she would renegotiate the cost of doing business with Camden, Hope, Lincolnville and Rockport, should floor votes at upcoming town meetings support the beleagured emergency medical service nonprofit. She declined to say how much money she would need to stay in business, but said she would cut items from her proposed budget, such as a new ambulance. She also said, contrary to rumors, that CFAA has not yet...
'Nobody out there is getting rich'
Camden, Hope, Lincolnville, Rockport 'plowing new turf' with ambulance decisions
Thu, 05/02/2013 - 9:15pm

CAMDEN — Key advice has been handed to a group of town leaders tasked with reviewing competing emergency medical service proposals: Figure out how EMS can serve communities in other ways besides strictly responding to crises. Can they blend the growing practice of community paramedicine and work with hospitals and nursing homes to keep EMS ready for accidents and cardiac arrests, while staying financially afloat? It's a new world for EMS providers, who, like hospitals and doctors, are adjusting...
'Kind of a wacky business to be in'
Hope gives preliminary nod to Camden First Aid; talks continue with four towns
Fri, 03/15/2013 - 1:30pm

HOPE — As Hope selectmen carefully combed through the town's proposed 2013-2014 municipal budget, they found preliminary concensus March 12 with each other and Camden First Aid Association, agreeing to pay $5,000 to the ambulance service for coverage for this coming year. Camden First Aid agreed to that price, after a long and forthcoming discussion about the nonprofit's fiscal challenges. Read more • Camden First Aid seeking $407,000 in funding...