DeerFlyHater t1_jan7dtx wrote on March 2, 2023 at 5:13 PM

I'm not in emergency services, so can't speak towards scheduling. Look north as well. Lakes region, Plymouth area, Littleton area, etc. I would assume the pay would be less than southern NH, but who knows.

Everybody is hiring paramedics. Heck, the town of Franconia had to shut their life squad down due to shortages.

nowhereman1223 t1_janqzjm wrote on March 2, 2023 at 7:28 PM

Part of that is due to the pay not being high enough for people to live on.

DeerFlyHater t1_jaoxydr wrote on March 3, 2023 at 12:17 AM

Indeed it is. Also combined with the housing cost.

nowhereman1223 t1_jar36yt wrote on March 3, 2023 at 1:21 PM

Thats the same thing.

Not being enough to live on covers all of it. Food, Housing, Transport, etc etc

phoebe7439 t1_jao2kbs wrote on March 2, 2023 at 8:43 PM

Is that super recent? Last time I heard them dispatched was back in December and they couldn't even make it to the call

DeerFlyHater t1_jaoyk38 wrote on March 3, 2023 at 12:21 AM

They've been using Littleton for awhile. Looking at news articles in the Caledonian Record(what I can read since it's paywalled) and Franconia BoS minutes it was a last month thing.

The contract with Littleton ends at the end of this month. Littleton doesn't want to renew it as they rightfully feel that Littleton should come first and the calls in Franconia-especially Cannon Mountain stuff pulls them out of town too often.

*I'm kind of a nerd and read local papers, then dig up board minutes to research. I also like listening to broadcastify feeds. It's about the only way I can stay informed, lol.

phoebe7439 t1_jaozfee wrote on March 3, 2023 at 12:28 AM

I wonder if they're going to have to pay up to LinWood or something like that in the future then, I always wanted to get videos of FLS responding but I guess I never will now lol

DeerFlyHater t1_jap4nfp wrote on March 3, 2023 at 1:07 AM

Right now it sounds like LinWood is saying they're short on people. I wouldn't be surprised if Franconia and Littleton work out a contract extension, but eventually Franconia is going to have to look at a long term solution.

If I were a resident, I would be pestering the BoS about it. Tough decision about budgets.

Of course, this is also not a cheap place to live on EMT salaries unless they already live here.