The St. John's regional fire department is outsourcing helicopter rescues to the Newfoundland and Labrador Search and Rescue Association, which already provides the service for the rest of the province.
3 mayors call on Furey for action on critical helicopter rescue service
The mayors of St. John s, Mount Pearl and Paradise have told Premier Andrew Furey they have been kept in the dark about efforts to reinstate helicopter rescue services in the region.
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St. John s firefighters grounded, as helicopter rescue team remains in holding pattern
The St. John’s Regional Fire Department’s helicopter rescue team has been out of commission for nearly a year, CBC News has learned, due to delays in equipping the choppers now tasked with the job.
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With hundreds of first responders in isolation, retirees and injured workers are asking to help
According to numbers released by the Department of Health, 512 health-care workers, including more than 400 in the Eastern Health region, are self-isolating.
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Vehicles line up at the drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Janeway Children s Hospital in St. John s on Monday.(Sherry Vivian/CBC)
As more than 500 first responders across the province are sidelined due to COVID-19-related isolation, the call for more workers is being answered by retirees and injured workers looking to help where they can.
According to numbers released by the Department of Health, 512 health-care workers are in isolation as of Monday, including more than 400 in the Eastern Health region. Jerry Earle, president of NAPE the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees which represents many first responders, said union members are in isolati
Sixteen firefighters are self-isolating due to contact tracing from a staff member testing positive. Another 20 were already isolating due to possible exposure outside the workplace.