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It’s a few years old and has already gone through its first and second lives as a primary and then a backup ambulance unit for Prescott-Russell municipalities. Now this 2009 model ambulance will have a new third life far away south in a little seaside mountain region near the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti thanks to an agreement between the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) and Firefighters Without Borders Canada (FWBC). UCPR Warden Jean-Paul St-Pierre (centre left) and FWBC Ontario representative Carl Eggiman share an enthusiastic handshake as the counties council and staff turn over the keys to the ambulance, which is also stuffed with good-condition surplus equipment that will help equip paramedics on the tiny Caribbean island.
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Counties contracts fire dispatch study
do the study in time for the August commit- tee of the whole session of counties council. Cost would be about $12,000. If neighbour- ing municipalities North Glengarry and North Stormont townships agreed to be part of the regional fire dispatch package, then they would be responsible for an addi- tional $2000 for the study. The City of Clar-
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L’ORIGNAL | Go with Hawkesbury or Ot- tawa for fire dispatch service? That is the question for a consultant to answer for the counties council but not all the mayors at the table are happy with the idea. “I cannot sup- GREGG CHAMBERLAIN GREGG.CHAMBERLAIN@EAP.ON.CA
If neighbouring municipalities North Glengarry and North Stormont townships agreed to be part of the regional fire dispatch package, then they would be responsible for an additional $2000 for the study.
ence-Rockland al- ready has a fire dis- patch arrangement with the City of Ottawa. The study report will explain what the individual service and equip- ment benefits and costs would be to each municipality in Prescott-Russell for a regional con- tract with either Ot-
port this,” said René Berthiaume, Hawkes- bury’s mayor, during the June 25 regular session of the United Counties of Pres- cott-Russell council (UCPR). Hawkesbury’s mayor made the statement several times during a half-hour-long dis- cussion following a verbal report from
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tawa or Hawkesbury. Mayor Barton emphasized that getting a report on the benefits and costs of a fire dis- patch contract with either Hawkesbury or Ottawa is not meant as a criticism of the ser- vice Hawkesbury has provided in the past. “Bottom line, it’s dollars and cents,”Barton said.
Michel Chrétien, UCPR emergency services director. Chrétien summarized his research into a request originating from Champlain Township Mayor Gary Barton about getting a consultant to report on the pros and cons of the counties continuing with its fire dis- patch contract with Hawkesbury or dealing with the City of Ottawa instead. An Ottawa consulting firm has offered to
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