这乔治王子县(MD) Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department has been notified by one of its volunteer corporations that the basic life support transport unit (ambulance) will no longer be welcomed at their station and will be placed out of service within the next week.
这Morningside Volunteer Fire Company, Inc.,乔治王子县Fire/EMS Station 827, in a written notice from their lawyer, stated the ambulance at their station would need to be removed or redeployed by the county on August 19, 2013.
乔治王子县消防队长Marc S. Bashoor今天写了一封信晨边高地志愿者负责人Michael White ordering him to keep the ambulance in service. This action came after attorneys representing the Morningside Volunteer Fire Department notified the County in a letter (entire letter below) dated August 13, 2013, that “after careful deliberations the membership of MVFD has voted and has decided to keep the date of August 19, 2013 at 0700 by which Ambulance 827 will no longer be authorized on it’s property and should be redeployed.” After reading the letter Fire Chief Bashoor said, “Their decision will compromise the safety of our citizens and residents, which I will not stand for it.
This situation is a result of “staffing” brought about by a recent change in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the County and the International Association of Firefighters Local 1619. This new agreement affects staffing at stations where only 2 career firefighter/medics are on duty. The Morningside Station currently has four career staff on duty from 7:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. At all other times, two careerfirefighter/医务人员在整个24小时内仍在值班。新的CBA创建了两个选项 - 各个工作人员全天有四名职业人员，或者将两名消防员从24小时的轮班中删除。从24小时轮班中删除消防员将需要志愿者在夜晚，周末和节日期间为设备人员配备。本协议影响了其他8个电台，目前没有其他不利行动。
Morningside志愿者Fire Company，Inc。迄今已全天候降低了四人的船员，这意味着将在2013年10月1日（生效）在夜间，周末和假期淘汰两人的工作人员（第三阶段的日期人员配备实施）。然后，将需要Morningside站与志愿者一起工作。志愿公司建议，志愿者不会在Morningside车站配备救护车，因此救护车将退出服务，并于2013年8月19日从车站撤离。
消防队长Bashoor如果他的指挥人员的成员几次与Morningside Station的领导人会面，以尝试解决这种情况。早晨的立场没有进步或变化。消防局长巴舒尔（Bashoor）命令志愿酋长迈克尔·怀特（Michael White）离开救护车，使其能够为社区服务，并由志愿者和/或职业人员配备人员。
2012年，Morningside救护车回应了3,627次服务。这是该县最繁忙的基本生命支持运输部门。该单元的损失可能会使另一个运输部门的估计等待时间约为5到10分钟，以应对Morningside社区事件的现场。
乔治王子县是该国最大，最繁忙的组合（付费，志愿者，平民）消防/EMS部门。2012年，该部门对135，383次服务呼吁作出回应。在该数字中，将近80％与EMS相关。
整个乔治王子县都有45个消防/EMS站。这些电台中只有两个没有EMS运输单元，它们都是全志愿站。有五个全志愿者站继续担任救护车并做出回应。大多数消防/EMS站都有某种形式的职业和志愿人员人员。
任何试图将救护车脱离服务的行动都会产生后果。该车站的志愿消防队长已被告知，如果他们继续撤离救护车的计划，他们将采取行动。被考虑的行动包括但不限于志愿者负责人的降级和火灾设备的反应仅限于将其视为首先到期的地区。
消防局长Marc S. Bashoor将继续与县和Morningside领导人合作解决此问题。目的是防止对早晨社区和周边地区的任何不利影响。
