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'Street medicine' project with fire departments aims to ease burden on hospital ER
Kitsap County will expand its innovative CARES Program next year through a new state initiative that aims to improve outcomes for unhoused populations and deliver street-level health care. Poulsbo Fire Chief James Gillard said a $200,000 grant from the Washington Health Care Authority will allow Kitsap’s three Fire CARES teams to take on additional referrals from homeless outreach teams; place medical providers in the field through a partnership with St. Michael Medical Center; and deliver life-saving opiate...
North Kitsap fire asking voters to replace expiring EMS levy in August
North Kitsap Fire & Rescue is among five Kitsap fire agencies proposing levies on this year's August 6 primary ballot. NKF&R's Proposition 1 would renew an emergency medical services property tax levy for the fire agency. The measure would replace but not increase NKF&R's current EMS levy, which is set at a rate of $0.50 or less per $1,000 of assessed property value. Approved in 2019, the current levy is set to expire in 2025. It replaced...
Poulsbo asks voters to renew EMS levy to keep paying salaries, training, equipment
Poulsbo Fire Department is asking voters to renew a property tax levy to keep funding the department's emergency medical services in the next six years. The current EMS levy rate in Poulsbo is $0.37 per $1,000 of assessed value. In 2019, voters approved an EMS levy rate of $0.50/$1000 of assessed value. As property values increase, the EMS rate has dropped throughout the years due to the state's 1% cap on overall tax revenue growth. ...
Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue levy lift on Aug. 6 ballot to add staff, training
On August 6 voters in Central Kitsap will be asked to approve a fire levy lift for Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue, to help fund the department's plan to add additional firefighter EMTs and paramedics to its workforce and increase training programs to keep up with mounting call volumes for life support and emergency services. The measure would restore the current property tax rate back to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value in 2024 or up...
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