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Spokane City Fire, Frontier to pilot clinician‑paramedic behavioral health response
Summary
BHASO staff said an interlocal agreement with Spokane City Fire will pair Frontier clinicians with paramedics to respond to behavioral health incidents in the city; the program is in planning and aims to reduce law enforcement responses and hospital transports.
Spokane County BHASO staff reported that the behavioral health core response program — pairing a Frontier Behavioral Health clinician with a Spokane City Fire paramedic — is entering implementation planning after an interlocal agreement was signed.
Jessica Thompson, integrated behavioral health care supervisor at the BHASO, told the advisory board that the unit pairs a…
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