By Lucas Daprile

cleveland.com

CLEVELAND — For the first time in decades, Cleveland EMS will soon have as many paramedics and EMTs as the division says it needs.

The staffing boon is aided by a new class of cadets at the Cleveland EMS academy, who began classes on Monday. The class of 27 is the city’s largest since 2013.

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“For the first time in decades, EMS will be fully staffed in the field with paramedics to administer life-saving interventions to the citizens and visitors here in the city of Cleveland,” Cleveland EMS Commissioner Orlando Wheeler said during a Tuesday press conference.

Having a full field staff means officials can put more ambulances on the street, spread the workload more evenly among employe

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