阿拉巴马州布隆特县可能会在年底失去救护车服务,除非恢复财产税,为紧急医疗服务提供资金。
Blount County, Alabama, risks losing ambulance services by year-end unless a property tax is reinstated to fund emergency medical care.
在2025年12月31日之前,阿拉巴马州的Blount县可能失去救护车服务,如果县委员会不恢复征收每年每户约50美元的两公里地产税,为紧急医疗服务提供资金。
Blount County, Alabama, may lose its ambulance services by December 31, 2025, if the county commission does not reinstate a two-mill property tax that would generate about $50 per household annually to fund emergency medical services.
没有可持续的资金,应急反应和病人的交通就会受到严重干扰,没有补贴就得不到新的救护车合同。
Without sustainable funding, emergency response and patient transportation could be severely disrupted, with no new ambulance contracts available without a subsidy.
Blount县消防和应急服务协会正在敦促居民支持税收,以防止紧急护理崩溃,主张建立县级应急服务系统或有保障资金的统一消防区。
The Blount County Fire and EMS Association is urging residents to support the tax to prevent a collapse in emergency care, advocating for either a county-based EMS system or a unified fire district with guaranteed funding.
委员会尚未作出决定,但官员们承认局势的紧迫性。
The commission has not yet decided, but officials acknowledge the urgency of the situation.