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

Reply to comment by DeerFlyHater in Texan Paramedic thinking of moving to New Hampshire / New England by Next-Permit-8829

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.