The Georgetown Police and Fire departments had a visit from Beacon Hill Friday afternoon, as Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito stopped by the public safety building to formally give a $69,000 Community Compact grant to improve emergency communications."First and foremost, Gov.
The money will be used to give the Fire Department new integrated software to better track and monitor relevant information as firefighters head into emergency situations.
“Say there’s a business in town that has highly flammable materials,” Firefighter Nick Bruno explained to Polito. “We can enter those materials. Certain things, when they’re on fire, you can’t put water on them, where that would make it worse. We can enter all that so we can start to pre-plan what we’re going to do in our head on the ride there.”
The software can also include floor plans and tell responders if someone at a residence is a known fall risk or has a lockbox they’ll need to access.