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The state office that oversees emergency medical services in Virginia is tangled in a financial crisis, preventing rescue squads from buying new ambulances and threatening the jobs of EMS support personnel.
The Office of Emergency Medical Services disburses funds to 700 volunteer and municipal rescue squads and ambulance agencies with 33,000 staffers across the state. Adam Lamar Harrell, a former associate director of the office, pleaded guilty to embezzling $4 million over a three-year period. Without sufficient funds, squads had to make do with old ambulances and forgo continuing education.
The Office of Emergency Medical Services disburses funds to 700 volunteer and municipal rescue squads and ambulance agencies with 33,000 staffers across the state. Adam Lamar Harrell, a former associate director of the office, pleaded guilty to embezzling $4 million over a three-year period. Without sufficient funds, squads had to make do with old ambulances and forgo continuing education.
