[HFDlist] EMT Program interest

[Russ Hall]

All:

We are looking at the possibility of hosting an EMT program here at Fire 
HQ in the fall.  The program would need a minimum of 10 students to be 
held, the lead instructor would be Gregg Sculthorpe who has been 
teaching programs for many years.  HFD members would be able to attend 
at a reduced rate, which would need to be worked out once the program is 
scheduled.  This would be a good opportunity for department members to 
get their EMT without leaving town and traveling to an off-site course.  
As you are all aware, 75% of our department call volume is EMS and it 
keeps growing every year.  We rely heavily on recalls for EMS coverage 
throughout the course of the year which would allow dual role personnel 
more opportunity to be active in the department.  Every member brought 
on the department after 1/1/2018 will be required to be an EMT and all 
officers are required to be EMT certified. EMS is a major component in 
the fire service today and dual role FF/EMT's are the future for us to 
provide the proper level of service to the community.  If you are 
interested in taking part in this program please let me know so that we 
can see if it is something we can move forward with.

Thanks:

Russ

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Russ Hall
Fire Chief
Holden Fire Dept.
1370 Main Street
Holden, MA 01520
508-210-5650