Renew EMS levy to preserve service

 

March 20, 2024



To the editor:

I would like to thank the Skagit Board of County Commissioners for placing an EMS levy renewal on the April 23, 2024, special election ballot to continue critical funding for emergency medical services in our community.

Every second counts in an emergency, and the EMS levy renewal will ensure we have enough personnel, supplies, equipment, and ambulances to respond to calls, which have increased by 25% in the last four years.

In 2023, Skagit County EMS provider agencies, like mine in the upper east county, responded to over 18,000 calls and provided more than 9,200 ambulance tran...



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