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New cross-border emergency communication system in place

JOINT NEWS RELEASE CHIPPEWA COUNTY EMERGENCY CENTRAL DISPATCH SAH CENTRAL AMBULANCE COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE *************************** Cross border emergency communications Chippewa County Emergency Central Dispatch and Sault Area Hospital’s Cen

JOINT NEWS RELEASE

CHIPPEWA COUNTY EMERGENCY
CENTRAL DISPATCH

SAH CENTRAL AMBULANCE
COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE

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Cross border emergency communications

Chippewa County Emergency Central Dispatch and Sault Area Hospital’s Central Ambulance Communications Centre recently combined forces to solve a problem that has plagued emergency responders for some time; namely the ability to communicate to their counterparts on either side of the border in the event of an emergency.

During recent joint cross border emergency exercises, one of the biggest problems identified was the ability of responders on opposite sides of the border to communicate with each other.

With this in mind, Tim McKee, director of Chippewa County Emergency Central Dispatch and Rick Thorold, manager, Sault Central Ambulance Communication Centre, submitted a joint proposal to the Border Interoperability Development Project (BIDP).

The BIDP was developed and is 100 percent funded by the US Department of Homeland Security.

As a result of this submission, funding was approved and we now have radios in place that can be used for training and emergencies involving both communities on either side of the border.

Other Ontario border communities that received equipment were Windsor, Lasalle and Essex County.

Michigan communities include Wayne County and the City of Detroit.

This equipment will be valuable in the response to any incident where international resources are required.

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