WATERTOWN â The City Council is considering permanently taking the Fire Departmentâs rescue truck off the road and ending all emergency medical calls.
Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith said he will introduce a resolution at next Monday nightâs council meeting to take the rescue truck off the road and eliminate EMS calls.
The need for the rescue truck â and the thousands of calls it goes on every year â has been the source of debate for years.
But this is the first time council would decide to end the Fire Department from going out on medical calls.
Guilfoyle Ambulance would continue to respond to medical calls as it has done for years, Mayor Smith said.