EVERETT — Mill Creek city officials have raised concerns about South County Fire’s new deployment plan that removes two paramedics from the city’s fire station.

On Aug. 1, South County Fire announced the department-wide plan that included moving the paramedics from Mill Creek Fire Station 76 to Martha Lake Fire Station 21 in Lynnwood. In the announcement, South County Fire spokesperson Christie Veley said the plan’s changes would increase the number of paramedics in Mill Creek’s surrounding area from five to seven.

But Mill Creek Mayor Brian Holtzclaw is concerned about reduced service quality and a lack of communication from the fire authority, he said in a Wednesday letter to the South County Fire Board of Commissioners on behalf of the City Council. In the letter, Holtzclaw said the

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