From the Spokesman Review: Firefighters with the highest level of medical training will be on duty 24-7 at two more of Spokane’s 14 fire stations under an agreement approved Monday by the Spokane City Council.

Under the deal between city administrators and the city’s firefighters union, the city will spread its paramedics among 10 stations, instead of eight. It will cost the city an additional $60,000 a year.

The trade-off is losing firefighters at three stations. But with 75% or more calls strictly calls for medical care, officials say they’ll likely save more lives by spreading out paramedics then will be lost by reducing four-person crews to three. Read the entire article here.