(TOM)
WORKING TOGETHER
TO HELP THE
COMMUNITY.
CHESAPEAKE AND
SUFFOLK ARE TEAMING
UP TO BETTER SERVE
RESIDENTS DURING
EMERGENCIES.
(ANITA)
THE TWO CITIES HAVE
SHARED RESOURCES
FOR YEARS, AND
ALREADY PARTNERED
UP 17 TIMES SINCE
AUGUST.
10 ON YOUR SIDE KARA
DIXON REPORTS ON
THE NEW AID
PROGRAM.
FIRE OFFICIALS WITH
CHESAPEAKE AND
SUFFOLK SAY THIS NEW
PROGRAM- AUTOMATIC
AID- WILL HELP SAVE
LIVES BY SAVING TIME
AND COMING
TOGETHER
AND IT WAS A MESSAGE
OF TEAMWORK AND
UNITY THAT RANG OUT
HERE AT SUFFOLK
STATION NUMBER 5.
LINDA JOHNSON-MAYOR
OF SUFFOLK
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT THE MORE
HAMPTON ROADS
LEARNS IT'S ALL ONE
REGION, WORKING
TOGETHER, MAKING IT A
BETTER PLACE FOR
EVERYONE,EACH AND
EVERY DAY.
AND THAT INVOLVES
MAKING SURE IT'S
SAFE.
THAT'S WHY SUFFOLK
AND CHESAPEAKE
FIREFIGHTERS ARE
COMING TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE AUTOMATIC
AID FOR THOSE LIVING
CLOSE TO EACH CITY
LIMIT.
CHIEF MICHAEL
BARAKEY-SUFFOLK
FIRE
FOR THE BELL TO GO
OFF AND GO AND
PROVIDE THOSE
SERVICES, IT'S JUST A
GREAT THING FOR THEM
JUST AS WELL AS ANY
HR FIREFIGHTER.
IT'S TAKEN ABOUT A
YEAR TO GET THIS UP
AND RUNNING WITH
TRAINING AND
TECHNOLOGY SO BOTH
DEPARTMENTS CAN
WORK TOGETHER.
CHESAPEAKE IS
ALREADY PARTNERED
WITH VIRGINIA BEACH
AND NORFOLK.
CHIEF MICHAEL
BARAKEY SAYS THIS IS
AN EXPANSION OF THAT.
THE FIREFIGHTERS IN
SUFFOLK WERE READY
FOR THIS WHEN IT
OCCURRED BACK WITH
THE TRI CITY AUTO AID.
SO...NO MORE WAITING
FOR A EMERGENCY
CREW FROM YOUR
OWN CITY WHEN
ANOTHER CITY'S
STATION MIGHT BE
CLOSER.
CHIEF ED ELLIOT-
CHESAPEAKE FIRE
"WHATEVER UNIT IS
CLOSEST, WHATEVER
UNIT IS CLOSEST, THEIR
UNIT IS GOING TO
RESPOND TO THEIR
INCIDENT. WHEN A
PERSON IS IN
DISTRESS, WHEN THEIR
HOUSE IS ON FIRE,
THEY'RE IN CARDIAC
ARREST. THEY'RE NOT
REALLY CONCERNED.
THEY JUST NEED HELP.
"
IT'S ALREADY BEEN
USED 17 TIMES SINCE
AUGUST INCLUDING A
RESPONSE TO A FATAL
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
AT AN AMAZON FACILITY.
RICK WEST-MAYOR OF
CHESAPEAKE
150 THIS CEREMONY IS
MORE THAN JUST
CELEBRATING TWO FD
COMING TOGETHER TO
PROVIDE AUTOMATIC
AID.IT'S ANOTHER STEP
IN HR TO COME TO
REALIZE HOW
IMPORTANT , AS MAYOR
JOHNSON SAID, WE
RELY ON EACH OTHER
AND NEED EACH
OTHEROTHEROTHEROT
HER.
THIS PROGRAM WILL
HELP WITH RESPONSE
TIMES.
THE FIRE CHIEFS SAY
TRAINING INCLUDED
HAVING FIREFIGHTERS
FROM BOTH
JURISDICTIONS WORK
TOGETHER BUT ALSO
LEARNING THE AREAS
AND HYDRANTS OF
EACH CITY.
KARA DIXON 10 ON
YOUR SIDE
