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South Summit Fire’s first full-time chief leads the transition to taking on emergency medical services
“We’ve made really good progress. It’s a huge undertaking to try to start a full-time department,” South Summit Fire Chief Scott Thorell said. He’s spent 30 years in the fire service including 15 years where he concurrently worked as a flight medic, and also helped a rural fire station in Southern Utah build its EMS service.