Rural Emergency Response

An article recently shared in the Daily Dispatch discusses how Minnesota lawmakers are considering spending $6 million dollars on a pilot program to test the use of what they’re calling “sprint paramedics,” to help battle the state’s worsening rural emergency response. Fire Headlines host, Samantha Didion hears from Chief Bob Horton, along with the president of the Western Fire Chief’s Association and Fire Chief of the Boise Fire Department Chief Mark Niemeyer to hear their differing takeaways on the topic of emergency response in rural areas.