The city of International Falls is adding more paramedics to its ambulance department.
City councillors last night accepted a recommendation from their Advanced Life Support Committee to hire three paramedics in 2011.
Committee Chair Terry Ehrman says an increase in runs and changing demographics warrant their need.
"The population of the baby boomers is getting older," says Ehrman. "There's going to be more elderly people requesting the service. There's going to be an increase in the service as well with that."
The task force estimates cost of having now four paramedics on staff at about $825-thousand with net revenues to the city coming in at about a quarter-of-a-million.
