LINCOLN, Maine (WABI) - Maine’s EMS system has faced challenges in recent years, everything from staffing shortages to significant financial woes.

To help ease the burden, the legislature created a grant program in 2023 that’s broken down into two phases.

The Maine Emergency Medical Services Stabilization and Sustainability Fund is designed to help agencies with fiscal support.

“We are providing a level of care here that is unheard of in bigger cities, bigger towns if you will so its a pretty cool thing to be a part of,” said Captain Jake Hammond of the Lincoln Fire Department.

More than $65,000 was awarded to the Lincoln Fire Department from the fund.

“The grant funding is important because we’ve been able to stay-up to date with our technology, our gear, with our trucks, and not h

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