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St John council hears fire-department equipment update as union urges paid paramedic training and staffing fixes
Summary
Fire Chief Shane Adams said new EMS monitors, automatic CPR devices and a new ladder truck are in hand and crews will train Feb. 11–13; the firefighters’ union told the council a conditional hire was told he would not be paid for paramedic school and urged the town to adopt a paid-training contract to address chronic understaffing.
St John — At its Jan. 28 meeting the St John Town Council heard an update from Fire Chief Shane Adams that new EMS monitors, automated chest-compression devices and a recently delivered ladder truck are in service or being upfitted, and that multi-day training is scheduled Feb. 11–13 with a goal of placing the ladder in service by Feb. 14.
"We have received all that stuff. That is all been trained on. It's on the ambulances, and it's in service," Chief Shane Adams said, adding that the new ladder replaces a 2005 American LaFrance apparatus that has been difficult to maintain since the manufacturer left the market.
The council also received a public comment from TJ Wilson, president of Saint John Professional Fire…
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