Five townships sue Lackawanna County over ambulance dispatching protocols
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Five North Pocono townships suing Lackawanna County over its dispatching of advanced life support services claim the system ignores municipal designations. The county says the 911 Dispatch Center dispatches ambulances based on the needs of the patients. In a lawsuit filed Aug. 13 in Lackawanna County Court, the townships of Covington, Jefferson, Madison, Roaring Brook and Spring Brook claim they each have designated the Covington Independent Volunteer Fire Company as their primary provider of advanced life support (ALS) services. Jefferson Twp. in April voted in favor of designating the fire company as primary ALS provider and the other four municipalities adopted resolutions to the same effect. Madison and Covington adopted their resolutions in May and Roaring Brook and Spring Brook…
