Tonight’s not the night to sprain your ankle in Fairfax County.
Beginning this evening, the county will cut back its ambulances that respond to non-life-threatening calls between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Instead of four units, there will be two. The move is a temporary measure to reduce third-quarter expenditures by 1 percent, said Fairfax Fire and Rescue spokesman Dan Schmidt.
The county will continue overnight operations for its 74 units capable of responding to life-threatening emergencies.
Schmidt said residents likely won’t notice the cuts, but that remaining units “may have to work harder” to provide necessary services.
“After several years of cuts and reductions, there isn’t much left to cut without it hurting,” he said.
