Police put on extra patrols ahead of Lincoln car meet
Lockdown rules are not relaxed yet
| Photo: Lincolnshire Police
Lincolnshire Police will have extra resources this weekend to deal with a planned car meet in Lincoln, which is against current lockdown rules.
Police are warning people to consider current COVID rules to avoid a fixed penalty fine.
The location of the planned car meet has not been disclosed by police, but their drone unit will be monitoring the area.
The force said: “We want car enthusiasts to enjoy themselves, but will not tolerate dangerous/anti social driving – the drone will be watching you!
Lincolnshire boy tries dream job and becomes a paramedic for a day
Part of a specialist training day at the University of Lincoln
The first scenario Lucas was tasked with during his day as a paramedic. | Photo: University of Lincoln
A 12-year-old boy who raised more than £1,500 for an ambulance charity, got the chance to try his dream job of paramedic at a specialist training day in Lincoln.
Ambulance loving Lucas Artiss walked at least 30,000 steps every day of March, totalling nearly 979,000, to help raise money for The Ambulance Staff Charity (TASC).
The Gainsborough boy joined staff and students at the University of Lincoln on Thursday, May 13 to take part in a paramedic science skills and scenario day.
Woman still in hospital with burns a month after attempted murder in Skegness
The victim has now been named by police
The incident happened on Firbeck Avenue in Skegness. | Photo: The Lincolnite
A 41-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in hospital with severe burns, nearly a month after a house fire in Skegness and her partner being charged with attempted murder.
Ellen Marshall was taken to Pilgrim Hospital in Boston after emergency services responded to a call about a property fire on Firbeck Avenue in Skegness at 10.29pm on Thursday, April 22. She was transferred to a specialist burns unit.
Ambulance crews training on new rescue equipment
Pocatello Fire Department
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI)-The Pocatello Fire Department is using a $92,359.67 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act grant to upgrade life-saving equipment used by Emergency Medical Services.
The Department purchased six Lund University Cardiac Assist System (LUCAS) devices for use by its ambulance crews. Once applied to a patient, the machines provide consistent chest compressions throughout a resuscitation effort.
Three of the units have already been placed on frontline ambulances in Pocatello. One will be placed on each of the ambulances stationed in Lava Hot Springs, Downey and Inkom, once those crews are trained over the coming weeks.