Monterey Fire Department to assume Carmel-by-the-Sea ambulance services formalizing 12

By Kyarra Harris

Monterey Daily Herald

MONTEREY, Calif. — Starting in October, the Monterey Fire Department will assume responsibility for ambulance services in Carmel, marking a new phase in a partnership that began over a decade ago.

The Monterey City Council approved the transition during the last council meeting, where Carmel firefighters will become Monterey firefighters, while maintaining the ambulance at the Monterey Fire Department.

Monterey has handled Carmel’s fire services since 2012, helping the city transition from a volunteer-based system to a fully staffed professional department.

“This has been a 12-year process,” said Ross Pounds, president of the Monterey Firefighters Association. “We started with fire suppression in 2012, and ambulance services were supposed to foll