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Show First response approved by council of the Ambulance Association, will !- .birpd..to. serve, as tb? full-time. First Response officer. , He will assist the Water Department Depart-ment when he is not out on calls and a portion of the funding for the program will come from this source. He will be replacing an individual who is leaving the Water Department Depart-ment in August. Since he is a qualified police officer, of-ficer, he will also be used to work overtime hours for the police department, and part of the funding will come from this source. By MARCELLA WALKER On Sept. 1 the First ...p.esppaso,;. program in Pleasant Grove wiuV become a reality. The Pleasant Grove City Council gave its stamp of approval Tuesday night to the program by providing full funding for the coming year. The council had budgeted $11,000 toward the program which had a very successful trial period this spring convincing the council that it was a necessary program . Dave Vickers, a Pleasant Grove Police Officer and current president The city councilmembers had expressed concern., about , using., a highly ' qualified and trained individual in-dividual to work in other departments, depart-ments, but were pleased to have him continue to work shifts in the police department where necessary. He will report to Police Chief Mike Ferre on matters regarding the First Response program. The quicker response time when the ambulance is called was a prime motivator for the council in adopting the First Response program. The Fire Department had expressed ex-pressed its support of the program andthe Ambulance Association is fully behind it. Members of the Ambulance Association will be assigned to the First Response when ' necessary to give Officer Vickers a break. A First Response vehicle has been purchased and equipped and will be the first on the scene since Ambulance Am-bulance personnel are on call and must first go get the ambulance and bring it to the scene. The First Response vehicle is equipped with extrication gear, life saving equipment, lighting, and first aid equipment. The Police Department will probably hire another officer to take ' the place of Officer Vickers. |