WATERVILLE, Maine — The City Council is considering a proposal to create a Fire/EMS Department Study Committee to evaluate current services and assess future needs.

The move comes as Waterville continues to grow and officials express increasing concern about sustainable expansion and emergency resource allocation.

The recent addition of four EMTs and ongoing discussions about forming a Local Public Health Board are two key issues in Waterville’s ongoing debate over public safety funding.

“How do we continue to grow with the growth?” Fire Chief Jason Frost asked repeatedly at a recent City Council meeting.

Ideally, the department would hire eight new EMTs to meet rising demand, but officials agreed to settle on four.

One of Frost’s key initiatives after joining the department as deputy

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