THE CONTINUING SCANDAL OF FALSIFYING EMT recertifications in Massachusetts is spreading. Late last week the owner of Trinity EMS, a private firm that provides emergency EMS for nearly a dozen communities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, voluntarily suspended several employees after looking into their own recent recertifications. The Lowell Sun reports:
Trinity co-owner and President, John Chemaly told The Sun that about 25 employees have been temporarily suspended from their duties since Monday. The newspaper learned yesterday that the state’s Office of Emergency Medical Services is investigating “recertification issues” mainly stemming from the company’s Haverhill office. At least five employees have been temporarily pulled from ambulances in Lowell as well, Chemaly said.
One of the company’s employees under investigation is a state-certified instructor who has falsely issued certificates without actually training people, Chemaly said.
News that surfaced last week about the owner of a Billerica EMT training company who is under investigation for improperly issuing certificates raised a red flag, Chemaly said. On March 6, The Sun reported that Mark Culleton, of 17 Wildbrook Road, Billerica, issued CPR certificates to Lexington firefighters who did not attend the state-required recertification course, according to Lexington Town Manager Carl Valente.
“As a result of what occurred in Billerica, we did a self-study here,” Chemaly said. “We took samples of recertification credentials and found that some employees were involved with a rogue instructor that took their money, but some of the classes were not conducted. But they still got certification.”
Read the entire story in the Lowell Sun HERE.
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