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Posted: May 7, 2019

DNR didn’t get its $62.5 million tax increase... so what’s in the budget for firefighting?

Fighting wildfires in Washington costs an average of $153 million a year. Last year, Public Lands Commissioner Hillary Franz offered a plan to cope with some of those costs. How did the proposal fare? Under the state budget just finalized last week, the Department of Natural Resources will receive $48.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 4:45:43 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: May 7, 2019

8th grade girls in Wenatchee School District get hands on with traditionally-male job skills

“Girl power” reigned supreme on the Wenatchee Valley College campus Tuesday afternoon, as the fourth-annual Pizza, Pop & Power Tools event took center stage there. The middle school field experience involved every 8th grade female student in the Wenatchee School District (WSD) and is designed to expose its young participants to a variety of career options which have traditionally been filled largely by males.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2019 4:45:37 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: May 7, 2019

Dallas Fire-Rescue to Launch New EMS Records System from ImageTrend

LAKEVILLE, MINN. [May 7, 2019] – ImageTrend, Inc. is proud to announce that Dallas, Texas has chosen the company’s solutions for its EMS records system. The city, which is the 9th largest in the US by population and part of the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the US, will receive ImageTrend’s webbased Elite EMS and offline-capable Elite Field. The agreement also includes training to help accelerate rollout to approximately 2,000 crew members. 

“Dallas Fire-Rescue is excited to deploy the new EMS software we’ve acquired through ImageTrend,” said DFR Deputy Chief of EMS, Tami Kayea, when asked about the transition. “The new system will allow us a degree of customization we’ve not seen before. As our city has expanded, the capabilities of our EMS system have evolved to reflect that growth. Combined with the new software, our record keeping will better reflect the diversity of that system.” 

The scalable Elite system proved to be a clear winner for the needs of the department and crew. ImageTrend also has experience in large-scale rollouts including the Houston Fire Department and statewide EMS systems. 

“We are very pleased that Dallas Fire-Rescue chose ImageTrend and look forward to being their data partner for the excellent care they provide in the community,” said Mike McBrady, President and CEO of ImageTrend. 

ImageTrend Elite works on a variety of platforms, including Apple iPad, Android tablets and Windows PCs. Based on the NEMSIS version 3 data standard, it also has extensive interoperability capabilities. When combined with ImageTrend Health Information Hub, data can be shared with hospitals in HL7 format and provide outcomes data to EMS services for quality improvement. More information on Elite is available at www.ImageTrend.com/Elite

 

About ImageTrend, Inc.  www.imagetrend.com   ImageTrend, Inc. is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. ImageTrend’s commitment to innovation, its clients, and providing world-class implementation and support is unsurpassed. Based in Lakeville, Minn., ImageTrend combines business analysis, creative design and data driven architecture to offer scalable solutions and strategies for today and the future. 

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Posted: May 7, 2019

Opening Litchfield (NH) New Fire Station

 
 

Last year, local voters approved $3,750,000 to construct the new, four-bay station on town-owned property next to the town offices.

“All of the fire department’s equipment can now be housed under one roof,” said Fraitzl. “This facility is much more centrally located within the community, which means quicker response times to a larger population of the community.”

Crews left the new station responding to their first medical call about 10 a.m. on Monday, according to Fraitzl, who said the feedback he is receiving about the 11,000-square-feet facility has been positive.

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Posted: May 7, 2019

New Awendaw (SC) Fire Station Will Replace Temporary Station

 
 

The station will be the seventh fire station for the Awendaw-McClellanville Fire District, and it’s going to be at 1477 Guerins Bridge Road, which is near Charleston Zipline Adventures.  

The purpose of this fire station is to provide better coverage to people living on or near Paradise Island, Woodville, and Guerins Bridge Road, according to Michael Bowers, a battalion chief with the fire department.

“It’s important to give equal protection to everyone in the district,” Bowers said.

About five years ago, the fire department received a report from the Insurance Services Office (ISO). In it, they found out the insurance rating for the Paradise Island area came in at a class ten, while the rest of the department's coverage was at a four, according to Bowers.

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