Richmond Fire Department to add emergency medical response
The department is pursuing permission and training to augment the service delivered by Gardiner Ambulance.
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Richmond Fire Chief Matt Roberge talks about the defibrillator, in the yellow box, and other first aid equipment, in the orange case, carried on the department s truck during an interview Thursday at the Richmond fire station. Staff photo by Joe Phelan
RICHMOND By early next year, members of the Richmond Fire Department will be able to render a higher level of medical aid when they respond to accidents and fires in town.
That’s when the department’s first responders will have completed their training, Richmond Fire Chief Matt Roberge said, and by then, the department might have the equipment it needs to support that work.