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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Citizen Emergency Support Volunteers Needed

GARDEN CITY, Utah.  February 17, 2016.  The Garden City Fire District meeting was held on Wednesday, instead of Thursday due to conflicts with training classes being held in Logan and will continue on Thursday through March and April.

The board is working on updating the Policy and Procedure manual and Randall Knight is taking the lead.  The first section being updated will focus on the Emergency Vehicle Policy.  This section will be expanded to clarify the allowed usage for the vehicles and who the operators can be.

Fire Chief Wahlberg reported the fire district is sponsoring the Garden City Certification program through Bear River Health.  Local citizens are being requested to volunteer to support this emergency support effort.  The volunteers would receive training on how to react to a large emergency in the area by allowing citizens to assist the emergency service providers.  These individuals would make phone calls to alert the community, perform triage and/or basic fire protection skills.  It will also create a good pool of future volunteers for both fire and EMT needs.  To do the job correctly, the Chief thinks it would take at least 20 trained individuals originally but could eventually grow to more.  To spearhead this request the LDS church will be asking their members for volunteers.  However, this is a community service that is very important and is not limited to LDS members only.  If anybody is interested please provide your name and telephone number to the Fire Chief, Ward Bishop, or one of the board members. A notice will be posted on the Post Office bulletin board.

Other items of interest is potential enlargement of the fire station to house a new ladder truck, upgrading the motors on the fire rescue boat for faster response times and getting a winterized cover that can withstand the Bear Lake Valley high winds.


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