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County officials announce EMS innovations (ultrasound, whole blood) and praise emergency response to gas leak evacuation

Prince William County Board of County Supervisors · November 18, 2025

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Summary

Prince William County announced plans to deploy point‑of‑care ultrasound units and whole‑blood delivery in field ambulances in December; county leaders also praised multiagency response to a recent gas‑leak evacuation that sheltered 82 people and highlighted ongoing directive work by the Transformation Management Office.

County leaders used County Executive time to praise a large multi‑agency response to a recent gas‑leak evacuation and to preview new EMS capabilities.

Chief Tom LaBelle told the Board the fire and rescue system will introduce portable ultrasound 'into the field' to help diagnose conditions such as congestive heart failure and collapsed lungs, and that the county will begin delivering whole blood in the field for trauma patients "around the first week in December." LaBelle said those capabilities will save lives and that the medical director’s leadership made the change possible.

County executive remarks also recognized the Transformation Management Office (TMO) for two years of work modernizing permitting, planning and project delivery, announced leadership transitions in TMO, and listed several directives for staff across departments on issues ranging from towing and noise ordinances to identifying land for a county‑operated community recreation center and an agricultural and forest reserve.

The executive highlighted the county's response to a gas leak that required evacuation of approximately 65 townhomes, temporary shelter for 82 people (11 children) at Woodbridge High School and additional assistance for 32 adults and two children with the Red Cross and partner agencies. He praised the county’s coordinated work with Washington Gas, OmniRide, schools, Red Cross and volunteers for what he called one of the county’s largest recent hazardous‑materials evacuations.

Supervisors thanked staff and emergency personnel for the rapid response and for the planned EMS upgrades.