The EMS service has struggled for years, and commissioners decided at Friday’s meeting to approve a 30-day notice of a plan to cancel their portion of the commitment.

TRAA’s challenges reflect a national EMS crisis but also present an opportunity to rethink emergency care. Fort Wayne has the resources and leadership to turn this moment into a model for other ...

In late 2022 and early 2023, unincorporated Allen County residents bore the cost of $1.2 million in direct operational assistance when Township and District EMS providers made over 3,000 runs into ...

Finally, TRAA still assists in the fire districts. TRAA and the fire districts, the city and the county, are still dependent on one another. These issues might be complex, but none of them have to ...

Firefighters in the county fire district territories are trained for both fire and EMS calls and can transport victims to hospitals; meanwhile, Fort Wayne depends on TRAA to transport victims even ...

Even earlier, in 2016, the Fort Wayne Fire Department put together a business plan for taking over EMS service in Fort Wayne by becoming Three Rivers Ambulance Authority’s service provider.