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Jan 12, 2021 Portland Street Response (PSR), the innovative non-police response championed by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to assist people experiencing houselessness or a behavioral/mental health crisis, kicked off its first day with its pilot team on Monday, January 11. The team consists of a program manager, a firefighter/paramedic, a mental health clinician, and two community health workers. You can find out more about the team here: https://www.portland.gov/streetresponse/meet-team. Portland Street Response is housed within Portland Fire & Rescue. “Thank you to the many people who have worked exceedingly hard to get us to this important day,” says Fire Chief Sara Boone. “The Fire Service has always been nimble in order to respond to the emergency needs of our communities. The launch of Portland Street Response is the latest chapter of the fire service story that builds off our history in emergency medical response. I’m excited to see this team hit the st ....
Jan 12, 2021 Portland Street Response (PSR), the innovative non-police response championed by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to assist people experiencing houselessness or a behavioral/mental health crisis, kicked off its first day with its pilot team on Monday, January 11. The team consists of a program manager, a firefighter/paramedic, a mental health clinician, and two community health workers. You can find out more about the team here: https://www.portland.gov/streetresponse/meet-team. Portland Street Response is housed within Portland Fire & Rescue. “Thank you to the many people who have worked exceedingly hard to get us to this important day,” says Fire Chief Sara Boone. “The Fire Service has always been nimble in order to respond to the emergency needs of our communities. The launch of Portland Street Response is the latest chapter of the fire service story that builds off our history in emergency medical response. I’m excited to see this team hit the st ....
Dec 31, 2020 Portland Fire & Rescue and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue are among the first emergency responders to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Both agencies received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19. TVF&R is finalizing training for the people who will give the vaccinations. PF&R started giving vaccinations today. “Four weeks ago, the Federal Government began the largest vaccination distribution in US history, and Firefighters and other EMS providers will play a critical part in the massive effort of widescale population vaccination. For the last three weeks PF&R staff have been working non-stop to meet the state’s enrollment and application deadline,” says Fire Chief Sara Boone. “Immediate vaccination of our crews will help us remain available to safely respond to all emergency needs, including COVID-19 responses. Like many other fire departments and EMS providers, we have not been immune to the spread of SARSCoV-2 amongst our ranks and th ....