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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 6 Jan 2010, p. 6

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Bauer Lack of provmcral cooperation o 0 Plus Woman impacting 00 emergency response ' Dooc CoxsoN minute to the process. the working group in other cont The Classrc Plus woman Fertile Chronicle For tiered responses, the dis- munities,‘ said (iravill. patch process takes over three miri~ He said the provincial ministry ew technology and Utes is involved in a review of the enterâ€" ‘ . . improved cooperation Under one working group recv gency dispatch model in Niagara £11355“: PleceS would reduce emergency ommendation, fire service dis- and was unwilling to participate_in For Your response times in Waterloo Region patching would be consolidated Waterloo Region's review until it is y Wardrobe by more than two minutes. accord- into one fire communications cen- finished there. l . ing to a recent report from local tre in the same building as apolice Councillors agreed it was disap~ i < Sizes [4+ emergency services personnel. communications centre, Firefightâ€" pointing not to see M()1lL’1’(, at the 1 But lack of provincial coopera» ers would get on the road one table. i tion and unclear ideas around how minute and 16 seconds faster “We're all a little sad it's not i ' it would be managed. human because the call would go to fire going faster," said Wilmot Mayor 1 _ resource implications. costs and and EMS simultaneously. Wayne Rothi “It's incumbent on 1381-1 Victoria St. N. implementation times will push Another recommendation from everyone in this room to get this Kitchener, ON NZB 0A] the transition to a new. central sys- the working group provides auto- through. rhetlassrbplumman®gmailcom rem to 2013. matic EMS and fire notification “And 1 think we all agree one 519-745â€"1894 (mating nuanithsmicnwhmapersoniao in a presentation to a gathering using Automatic Vehicle Location central dispatch is by far the pre~ / torrttrriporary'teiebrationofuie‘isappmmatem of local municipal council mem- (AVL) technology to identify the ferted option." Slort Home WmIkofymnbvedme. bets in Decemberr the chair of the closest responder. The A“. would Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig “Qt ' Closed: “filo F“ “hmqpm working group tasked with stream- allow paramedics and firefighters asked if technology is the major 3“ 10""'5P"“5“" ”WNW“ M519S70-9802Qlfil9r572m73 lining the system, former Waterloo to prepare their response or begin barrier in implementing the plan 0'5’ ”WWW” EMuiarl-ebamemgtrwm Region Police Chief Larry (iravill, heading in the direction of the call sooner. explained how the current emer- immediately, potentially saving “Technology is certainly a part l h _ l gency dispatch model works and over two minutes on EMS calls. of it," said Gravill. “Computer sys» W“I‘A, offered some recommendations for AVL technology on fire vehicles terns used by fire and police don't , 'water 0°C ron|c e'ca improvement. ensures the closest emergency communicate with each other now. Right now emergency call flow vehicle is dispatched. preventing but there are components available involves three different dispatch duplicate emergency response and that would allow that to happen." H H E L E centres dealing with police, fire- its potential to impact public safety. Gravill said there are a number fighters and ambulance. By the “The Ministry of Health and of processes to be examined in time firefighters get on the road to a Long Term Care, which manages greater detail, which could improve . ' medical call, a 9-1â€"1 operator has to ambulance dispatch. has not been response times using existing comphmentary workShop take the call and contact Emer~ part of discussions so far and has resources. . gency Medical Services to dispatch been reluctant to support some of Those details will be pan of an ' .,_ mm or' Bryan Lawnnca’ 0.0. â€" a factor that adds about a the recommendations detailed by interim report tabled next lune, ‘ i' ‘ Pressure Points are Areas of \ 0 ~ . it Stored Stress on a Nerve Palmer Student conference hopes to discuss technology . . . ‘ BerMAcDON/un Laurier University and the llniver- and Connecting. Konzelmann YOU W‘" Learn HOW (0 EM & 17â€"31! the Pressure POIHIS FOL Chronicle Staff sity ofToronto. wants to create a network between ' Neck Pain ' Nervous/Irritable The goal of the conference is to schools that will help bring tech» . hnology is at the core of many bring issues of technology to stu~ nology matters to the forefront. ' HeadaChes ' Fatigue/Poor Energy mg people’s lives, but students dents, said Jaclyn Koiuelmann, a The 22-y’eaerld helped found . LOW Back Pain . Allergies & Sinus rarely get a chance to discuss it critiâ€" fourth-year student at the Universi- the group in the summer and . _ callyoutsideofaclassmom setting ty of Waterloo and president of wants to push technology even ’ lnsomma ' Numbness 81 Tingling The organizers oprCon. a tech- EPlC. “There are not many oppor- more to the forefront. . Mood Changes (Arms 8. L395) nology conference put together for tunities for students to get together “his a big part of stud t life," . . and by students. are hoping to and learn about technology outside she said. “We wanted to brea it out team WW‘ ”in, Mhmfiiéaafifmflmt n 5.5 ' I 5 EC change that. ofa classroom," she said. of classroom studying." . ' l ‘ EpCon will run lan. 15 and‘ian. "We wanted to facilitate that The conference will cover it vari- When: January 13th Pamcrpants are asked to bring a 16 at the Waterloo inn and will fea- and get some discussion going ery of topics including mobile rech- Time: 6:33 - am pm non-perishable food item to be ture speakers from some big-name about some of the issues in tech nology, nanotechnology and social Where: m Dupom St. E., donated to the local Food Bank technology companies, including nology." media. Suite 204 WW www.drblawrence.com Rogers. Google and (iisco. She’s hoping this year‘s event The conference is open to any ' ' It's being organized by EPIC. an will be the first of many As the post-secondary student, For more CALL 519-746-6022 ' SPACE IS LlMlTED organization made up of students head of EPIC whit it stands for information or to reserve tickets» from UniversityofWaterIoo,1lerid Educating. Promoting. lnspiring visit epictechorg. Have LASIK Now. Pay m 201 1! 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