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First rescue for Applecross helicopter pad dedicated to teen

BBC News Published image captionBethany Walker was 18 when she died An emergency helicopter pad built in memory of a teenager who died from flu and sepsis has been used for the first time. Bethany Walker, 18, from Applecross in Wester Ross, died in January 2018. Community fund-raising and donations paid for the newly-completed landing site at the village s fire station. Inverness Coastguard search and rescue helicopter landed at the pad on Tuesday during the rescue of woman who had been injured in a fall. A helicopter was involved in the effort to save Bethany s life. She was flown to hospital in Inverness in 34 minutes after she became severely ill. The journey by road could have taken two hours.

Chaffee Fire board approves deal to take over BV Fire duties

The Buena Vista board of trustees last Monday, then the Chaffee County Fire Protection District board of directors on the following Wednesday voted to approve an intergovernmental agreement between the two entities that makes CCFPD “the exclusive jurisdiction having authority to interpret and enforce the fire code adopted by the town within the town’s boundaries.” The IGA went into effect Thursday, CCFPD chief Robert Bertram said, meaning that the town has now divested from the Buena Vista Fire Department as a separate entity responding to fire calls. “The town has entertained this concept in the past. The time was not right. With the growth we are experiencing and to maintain the level of safety and service to the citizens of town we see this as a very viable option,” said Buena Vista Mayor Duff Lacy. “We look forward to the combined efforts of Chaffee Fire and the Town to provide for the citizens of Buena Vista.”

Buena Vista signs fire protection IGA

The Buena Vista board of trustees approved an intergovernmental agreement between the town and Chaffee County Fire Protection District, which if approved by the CCFPD board at its meeting Wednesday evening, would make Chaffee Fire “the exclusive jurisdiction having authority to interpret and enforce the fire code adopted by the town within the town’s boundaries.” In other words, entering into the IGA with Chaffee Fire would mean that the Buena Vista Fire Department would cease to exist as a separate entity responding to fire calls. The IGA was drafted during a months-long process based on deliberations by the fire authority steering committee, which first met in February.

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