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9 & 10 News
July 22, 2021
All week, they have been taking open diving classes.
Traverse City firefighters say learning to handle scuba equipment is much like using the equipment they wear for extreme smoke.
“Our air packs that we use allow us to breathe through smoke,” said Firefighter and Paramedic Jacob Steichen. “Now we’re using air packs that let us breathe through the water. So it’s kind of the same but a little different.”
Over the last week they have had a crew learning to drive more than 30 feet into Lake Michigan.
Steichen says, “We are only capable of swimming down so deep. In the past we’ve done training exercises where we’ve been able to get down to 17 or 18 feet with our existing gear and the thought came up of what happens when somebody’s down deeper?”
9 & 10 News
June 28, 2021
Traverse City is continuing to look at expanding the city’s fire department services.
Specifically, they are looking into making the Traverse City Fire Department the primary EMS transport within the city.
Currently, the department has the capacity to respond to EMS emergencies and to stabilize a patient, but they are then transported by MMR services.
They would also look to add more firefighters to the workforce, as they look to increase their “on time” responses from 90% closer to 100%.
“Responding to life and death situations, ninety is not good enough, and I just want us to remember that, there’s a difference between life and death situations and other aspects of work where ninety percent seems adequate enough,” said Ashlea Walter, Commissioner of Traverse City.
Michigan City Leaders Consider the Future of EMS and Fire
As Traverse City, Mich., enters into contract negotiations with Mobile Medical Response, city staff will consider possibilities from billing for first responder services to taking over as the primary EMS transporter. by Jordan Travis, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. / December 15, 2020 TNS
(TNS) - As a new ambulance provider takes over throughout northwest Michigan, city leaders are mulling the future of emergency medical services in Traverse City.
Most commissioners said at a study session Monday that they re not interested in continuing with a status quo where Traverse City Fire Department responds to medical calls and Mobile Medical Response transports the patient to the hospital if needed.
Walter Record-Eagle File Photo
TRAVERSE CITY â As a new ambulance provider takes over throughout northwest Michigan, city leaders are mulling the future of emergency medical services in Traverse City.
Most commissioners said at a study session Monday that theyâre not interested in continuing with a status quo where Traverse City Fire Department responds to medical calls and Mobile Medical Response transports the patient to the hospital if needed.
There are plenty of options to consider, and while the city enters into contract negotiations with Mobile Medical Response after the company merged with previous provider Northflight EMS, city staff will consider possibilities ranging from billing for first responder services to taking over as the cityâs primary EMS transporter.