Town Emergency Medical Services Program

At a glance

What: the town's new municipal ambulance and emergency medical services program.
Where it stands (Sept 22, 2026): first ambulance delivered, state license application filed, Adam Towner promoted to captain as EMS coordinator. Operations to begin on schedule in the first quarter of a calendar year (captions say 2021, almost certainly 2027).
Related: the hiring age cap article on the Dec 7 warrant is aimed at recruiting experienced staff for the service (Public Safety Hiring Age Article).
Update (Oct 15): recruiting paramedics is the main constraint; a phased start is possible and the first operations meeting with UMass is set for early November.

About 5 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-15 - Finance Committee	4
2026-09-22 - Select Board	1

2026-10-15 - 2026-10-15 - Finance Committee: Kevin Mizikar answered Finance Committee questions: incentives and stipends for licensed EMTs and paramedics, two employees a year sent for certification, a local hiring list with a strong pool after the first civil service list yielded one paramedic, possible daytime-only or nighttime-only start, first operations meeting with UMass in early November, billing contracted out with about 15% assumed uncollectible (from memory). Adam Towner named captain and EMS coordinator. About 4 minutes.
2026-09-30 - 2026-09-30 - Ask The Manager: the first ambulance has arrived at headquarters, a full-time EMS coordinator is in place, and the department expects to hire nine firefighter-paramedics; the chief hopes to add an ambulance at each station over the next few years.
2026-09-22 - 2026-09-22 - Select Board: Kevin Mizikar gave the update (ambulance delivered, license filed, coordinator promoted).
2026-08-11 - 2026-08-11 - Select Board: The board unanimously placed EMTs at every certification level in Group 4 of the retirement system; see EMT Retirement Group 4 Classification.