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City council has directed its fire department to start carrying the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and is urging Windsor police to follow suit, after fire Chief Stephen Laforet endorsed the move Monday.
Over a 10-month period last year there were 25 occasions when firefighters arrived first on the scene of a suspected overdose, ahead of paramedics, but were not equipped with the lifesaving drug, the chief reported. Under questioning from councillors on what his position was on carrying naloxone, he eventually came to a definitive conclusion.
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