Once again this past week the list of Oshawa Fire Services response calls indicates how Medical Calls dominate — 49 out of the 116 total calls from Sunday April 3rd 24/7 to Saturday April 9th.
It may have some wonder how many of these medical calls are related to the drug problem in the City vs. heart attacks. The Fire Chief will be presenting a staffing report to Council at a Special Council meeting on Friday May 5th. Hope to try and ask that question then.
To wonder if these medical calls are related to the drug problem in the City is not about discriminating. It simply has to do with ensuring the operational tools are available for the best deployment of services,
The city budgets for staffing, trucks and apparatus for Fire Services. Last year the City ordered a new RAPID RESPONSE TRUCK which should be delivered soon - one of the ideas put forward by the Consultant team for the City's new Fire Master Plan was that it will help respond to medical calls quickly to address Opioid overdose hot spots in the City of Oshawa. The chart below published in the Metroland paper last month shows sobering stats on the number of ambulance calls to Oshawa Opioid Overdoses 51% of all Opioid ambulance calls across the Region.
It may have some wonder how many of these medical calls are related to the drug problem in the City vs. heart attacks. The Fire Chief will be presenting a staffing report to Council at a Special Council meeting on Friday May 5th. Hope to try and ask that question then.
To wonder if these medical calls are related to the drug problem in the City is not about discriminating. It simply has to do with ensuring the operational tools are available for the best deployment of services,
The city budgets for staffing, trucks and apparatus for Fire Services. Last year the City ordered a new RAPID RESPONSE TRUCK which should be delivered soon - one of the ideas put forward by the Consultant team for the City's new Fire Master Plan was that it will help respond to medical calls quickly to address Opioid overdose hot spots in the City of Oshawa. The chart below published in the Metroland paper last month shows sobering stats on the number of ambulance calls to Oshawa Opioid Overdoses 51% of all Opioid ambulance calls across the Region.
