The city of Salem is suing the private ambulance company that provided service to Salem since 2015, claiming Falck Northwest owes nearly $7 million for failing to staff enough medics to respond to calls.
The city filed its lawsuit in Marion County Circuit Court on July 1. That’s the same day the Salem Fire Department took over ambulance service from Falck after a decade contracting with the company.
The lawsuit said Falck was obligated to provide ambulance service seven days a week, 24 hours a day, but alleges that the company failed to provide that level of service without assistance from the city…