Victim of motel room fire in critical condition, officials say
WWNY Victim of motel room fire in critical condition, officials say By 7 News Staff and Abbey Buttacavoli | January 11, 2021 at 12:53 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 10:10 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - The man law enforcement officers dragged out of a smoke-filled motel room early Monday morning is in critical but stable condition at a Syracuse hospital.
Jefferson County sheriff deputies say 55-year-old Robert Murphy was first taken to Samaritan Medical Center after his rescue from room 112 of the Relax Inn in Watertown.
He was later airlifted to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
WATERTOWN — Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith doesn’t see any reason for the city’s fire department to respond to an EMS call when a person falls or suffers from a diabetic
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WATERTOWN â The city Fire Departmentâs rescue truck has been dispatched to more than 2,600 EMS calls so far this year.
But the City Council on Monday might decide to take the rescue truck off the road permanently and put a stop to responses to all medical calls by firefighters.
Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith is introducing a resolution at Monday nightâs council meeting to end the rescue truck calls.
For years, he has said that thereâs no need for the rescue truck to go out on EMS calls because Guilfoyle Ambulance Services already responds to them and it duplicates services.
Watertown City Council to vote on future of fire departmentâs heavy rescue truck Watertown Fire Department rescue truck (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | December 18, 2020 at 9:59 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 10:09 PM
WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWNY) - Watertown City Council will vote Monday night on the future of the city fire departmentâs heavy rescue truck.
A resolution on the council agenda would take the rescue truck off the road and no longer have the fire department respond to emergency medical calls.
It would leave EMS response up to only Guilfoyle Ambulance Service.
The fire union has railed against the move, saying it violates their contract and hurts public safety.