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Terrace Park fire chief outlines training, EMS plan to speed response
Summary
Fire Chief George Heffner told council the department has increased training, plans a transition course for volunteer firefighters to Level 1 certification, and proposed equipping Engine 94 as a basic life support response vehicle to reduce EMS response times; a grant application for PPE is pending.
Fire Chief George Heffner told the Village of Terrace Park council the department has stepped up training and is pursuing operational changes intended to speed emergency medical response.
Heffner said firefighters have completed SCBA, engineer and radio-communication training and live-fire exercises since December, and that attendance at training has increased. He described a planned transition course that would…
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