DURHAM – Selectmen are considering entering mutual aid agreements with Lisbon Emergency and Freeport Rescue for ambulance service.
The town’s three-year contract with North East Mobile for daytime and backup ambulance service is about to expire, and the town is considering not renewing it.
Instead, selectmen want to get mutual aid proposals from neighboring towns to cover times when Durham’s ambulance service is unavailable.
Fire Chief Bill St. Michel has received proposals from: North East Mobile for a three-year deal for $2,500 a year; Freeport Rescue for a renewable contract for $2,000 a year; and Lisbon Emergency for a mutual aid agreement for costs to be discussed later.
Selectmen authorized St. Michel to come back to the next board meeting with mutual aid proposals from Lisbon and Freeport services.
Selectmen said they have no objections to St. Michel’s being a candidate for a seat on the board of the New England Division of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. St. Michel said that most of the associated costs would be paid by the association, but that some small expenses might be incurred by the town.
Selectman Kirk Asselyn said he didn’t think the town should have to pay for expenses, but he did go along with the board’s favoring St. Michel’s candidacy for the position.
Selectmen have authorized the traditional one-week closing of the office July 4-8.
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