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Otsego County EMS Reaches Crossroads Part 1: The County Service Inside an ambulance owned by the Cooperstown Emergency Squad, just one of many volunteer-based EMS agencies working alongside the county service. (Photo by Ted Mebust) By TED MEBUSTOTSEGO COUNTYIn December of 2021, the Otsego County Board of Representatives, at the recommendation of its Public Safety and Legal Affairs Committee, implemented a 24-hour, county-based advanced life support ambulance service, buying two ambulances and staffing 16 full-time and 10 part-time paramedics. Previously,…