Courtesy Cypress County

By Regan Tate

New Emergency Services Coordinator for Cypress County

Jun 20, 2022 | 9:41 AM

Medicine Hat, AB–Cypress County is announcing the hiring of a new Emergency Services Coordinator.

Jason Linton started in his new role today (Monday). Linton says he is “super excited to have this opportunity to join fire services in this capacity….. my aim is to move the county forward in a positive manner, for the needs of our growing community.”

The 38-year-old got started as a professional firefighter 19 years ago. Firefighting runs in the family. “I had some family members who were firefighters in Halifax,” he said. “I wanted to carry on in their tradition.”

After serving as Emergency Services Chief and Emergency Operations Coordinator for Methanex in Medicine Hat, Linton takes on a similar role with the county.

He’s already familiar with the region as the station chief in Box Springs and a fire training instructor. “The biggest thing is going to be retention of firefighters and how we can fit the needs of firefighters into the volunteer capacity,” said Linton, noting that it’s a concern “that’s not unique to our county.”

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