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Chicago’s newly-appointed fire commissioner is fleshing out her plan to reduce response times to medical emergencies that now make up two-thirds of all calls for fire service.
Instead of increasing the Chicago Fire Department’s existing fleet of 80 advanced-life-support ambulances, Annette Nance-Holt plans to purchase smaller vehicles, each staffed by two paramedics, to respond to less serious medical calls that do not require transport to a hospital.
The new level of care that Nance-Holt calls “mobile integrated health” would not only reduce the avalanche of calls to Chicago’s 911 emergency system, but also take the pressure off hospital emergency rooms and free up those 80 ambulances backed by advanced life-support (ALS) engines and trucks for more serious emergencies.
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This is not only a party shooting, it s a case of minorities refusing to social distance, which we ve posted on before.
Since all the bars in Chicago are closed, this party was held in what amounted to speakeasy, in a Park Manor tow company building that had a bar in it.
[Chicago Police Superintendent David] Brown also reminded Chicago residents to continue to adhere to social distancing guidelines amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Nothing has changed, Brown said. You re jumping the gun if you think it s okay to be in small, closed confinements.
Especially small, closed confinements on the South Side of Chicago where people are shooting off gun.
13 people were injured and at least 2 were killed in a shooting at a party in Chicago early Sunday morning. Chicago Fire Department Assistant Deputy Chief Paramedic Greg Stinnett said the shooting took place inside a business at Chicago’s Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood at 4:40 a.m. Sunday.
The victims, ranging in age from 20 to 44 years old, included two people who were pronounced dead on the scene, and 13 others hospitalized in conditions ranging from good – critical. Police identified the two people killed in the shooting as Rayneesha Dotson, 30, and Lionel Darling, 29, and added that the total number of victims was expected to grow as more arrive at hospitals. Authorities said they were following up on “several different” leads with detectives currently investigating the shooting.
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