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Tinian fire and EMS seek travel, training and vehicles; one ambulance limits response options
Summary
Deputy Commissioner Raymond Dela Cruz told the committee his fire and EMS station needs travel and training funds to certify medics, equipment funding, and more vehicles; currently Tinian has one aging ambulance and a limited fleet for search-and-rescue and fire response.
Deputy Commissioner Raymond T. Dela Cruz told a budget hearing that the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services on Tinian needs travel and training funds to certify medics, replacement or retrofit vehicles, and other equipment to sustain emergency response.
"I have six personnel that need to go up to Saipan for evaluation, OJT, so they can be checked off, for the medic. So that way they can touch patients," Dela Cruz said, explaining a $30,000 travel request paired with $30,000 for personnel training.
The department reported one…
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