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Show (SGS To CofjjiflaBe n Paramedics FARMINGTON -- The question of whether the Davis County paramedics issue should go before the voters will be tossed back in the lap of the County Council of Governments, it has been decided. COUNTY Commission Chairman Glen Flint said Tuesday morning he would mention the issue during the regular monthly COG meeting meet-ing of county mayors Wednesday. Wed-nesday. It was that body that originated the proposal to let voters decide if they wanted the program continued. The program is administered adminis-tered by the Sheriff's office and currently includes 16 men, all filling the roles of sheriff's deputies and paramedics, responding to law enforcement or medical emergencies as required. THAT FORCE will jump to 20 the end of next month as four more graduate from the Weber State College training program, said Sgt. Bob Peters, in charge of the program. Of the 20, 16 will serve as paramedics while four trained as emergency medical technicians will beef up the team, he said. The county operates two rescue units, one for each end of the county. DURING AN information meeting with county commissioners, commis-sioners, health officials and some of the sheriff's staff, a I9-man service cost breakdown break-down put total cost for salaries, benefits and uniform allowances at $339,828 for a year. Sgt. Peters said both units have responded to 2,184 calls since the system went countywide coun-tywide last July. During the winter months, most responses res-ponses were for traffic-related incidents followed by heart problems and trauma-injury related activities. Response time is about four minutes from time of call to arriving at the scene for both units. DURING February, both units responded . to 160 medical calls and about 275 law-enforcement related activities. ac-tivities. They log an average of 14,000 miles, tb |