http://www.lorimor.org/taxonomy/term/11/all en http://www.lorimor.org/fire_department_and_ems_year_end_report <div class="image"><a href="ambulance_pic"></a>&nbsp;Luke Johnson, Fire Chief, and Barbi Holtry, Captain of the First Responders, met with the City Council, February 6, 2006, and gave their 2005 Year End Reports.&nbsp; The Fire Department made 35 calls during the year.&nbsp; The department now has 14 members with five of those members having completed the Firefighter I training during the year.&nbsp; The Fire Department was awarded&nbsp;several grants during the year that allowed the firefighters to obtain some valuable equipment including a ventilation fan, generator, four SCBAs and 8 spare oxygen bottles.&nbsp; The department continues to improve through individual training and also works towards improving the emergency vehicle fleet by obtaining better vehicles and maintenance of the existing vehicles.</div> <p>The EMS staff includes 2 First Responders, 1 registered nurse, 1 EMT-B, 1 EMT-I.&nbsp; Currently there are 3 students taking EMT-B courses.&nbsp; Sarah Johnson completed her CPR instructors course and can now do CPR renewals in house.&nbsp; All EMS staff took continuing education training in 2005. </p> <br class="clear" /><br class="giImageBlock-clear-both" /><p><a href="http://www.lorimor.org/fire_department_and_ems_year_end_report">read more</a></p> Fire Department Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:01:58 -0700 mseales 261 at http://www.lorimor.org