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Chief to continue growth

Matt Nickl, who began his career with Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Services in 2011, has risen through the ranks to become its new chief and executive director.

CRANBERRY TWP — Cranberry Township Emergency Medical Services' new chief doesn't look to make any big, structural changes, focusing more on growing the care that CTEMS, which won the 2020 Pennsylvania EMS Agency of the Year award, provides in its service area.

Matt Nickl, a 10-year veteran of the Cranberry ambulance service, has assumed the agency's helm as chief and executive director, replacing former chief Ted Fessides, after the board of directors named him to the position.

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