Saturday, January 3, 2026

lewiston maine PSAP will cost $1M more - Dec 2025

https://citizenportal.ai/articles/7224866/Lewiston/Androscoggin-County/Maine/Council-allocates-949000-to-LewistonAuburn-911-after-cost-increases#:~:text=The%20Lewiston%20City%20Council%20voted,final%20project%20costs%20are%20refined.

costs are much higher than expected

history - the county had 2 PSAPs - sheriff + lewsiton / auburn - the
lewsiton / aubuirn psap was in the basement of a fire station and
apparently they are getting evicted for some reason - it was suggested
that it owuld be good time to merge the 2 PSAPs - guess what? they did
not merge them - and the new auburn / lewsiton PSAP is becoming a
boondoggle

the county sheriff psap is downtown also - maybe 2 blocks from the
auburn / lewsiton psap

the 2 cities also have a 700 mhz trs - since 2020 approx

someone has been robbing those cities blind

of course - no one else in the county uses 700 mhz

ambulance is similarily screwed up - hospitals also - they have 2
major hospitals aross the street from each other

United Ambulance (run by the 2 hospitals from an old house) - used to
cover both cities - then Auburn FD took over ambulance service for
their city in 2014 - United has been sliding ever since

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On October 14, 2014, the Auburn Fire Department assumed responsibility
for the provision of emergency ambulance transportation in the City of
Auburn and for the provision of emergency ambulance transportation for
its mutual aid partners at their request. - per fd website - 1/3/2026

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everything we have written here is based on info from the internet -
it might be 100% BS - maybe not

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