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Firefighters Oppose Plan To Cut Paramedics

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 22, 2013 at 10:36 AM EDT

The Columbus firefighters' union is protesting a city plan to cut the number of paramedics. The proposed cost-cutting move would send only one paramedic on an emergency call with an EMT, instead of two.  Union leaders say the proposal would put lives in jeopardy. City officials say no changes are imminent.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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