{"id":73820,"date":"2026-04-01T00:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=73820"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:28:28","slug":"genesee-county-plan-to-strengthen-countys-fire-and-ems-services-revealed-at-gcc-meeting-on-tuesday-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/genesee-county-plan-to-strengthen-countys-fire-and-ems-services-revealed-at-gcc-meeting-on-tuesday-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Plan to strengthen County&#8217;s Fire and EMS services revealed at GCC meeting on Tuesday evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xx32ReiTUvA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Genesee County Fire Advisory Board Administrative Working Group presented plans to strengthen the county&#8217;s Fire and EMS services at GCC on Tuesday March 31st, 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Genesee County Fire Coordinator Tim Yaeger, the Board is hoping to move forward after reviewing the questions they received during Tuesday night&#8217;s meeting. He says the next step is a higher-level commitment from the volunteer fire companies as a whole to make sure that everyone is on the same page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s not financial commitment; it&#8217;s a commitment for the project and the ideas that we&#8217;re coming up with and suggestions for supplementation to move forward,&#8221; says Yaeger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next step would be for municipal fire districts and the county to come together to figure out the finances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This is something we are going to work on every single month, and I would hope that we have some type of working group to look at the finances by early summer. We really need to get the cost finalized and the buy in finalized because municipalities have to put their budgets together and we know that it takes time. We don&#8217;t have a time frame per say, but we want to move this along as fast as possible.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the very earliest, Yaeger says they are hoping to have the plan in place in early 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Genesee County Fire Advisory Board Administrative Working Group presented plans to strengthen the county&#8217;s Fire and EMS services at GCC on Tuesday March 31st, 2026. 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