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The Scranton Fire Department is requesting City Council support to implement a Fire-Based Quick Response Service (QRS) program to provide rapid medical assistance during life-threatening emergencies. The Fire Department has completed all necessary training, licensing, and equipment acquisition, and its medical director has confirmed alignment with required protocols. Lackawanna County 911 Director Al Kearney has expressed unspecified reservations about the program, though the Fire Department notes that fire-based QRS systems are established best practice across Pennsylvania and have proven effective at decreasing response times. The Fire Department has conducted site visits to multiple Pennsylvania 911 centers that successfully dispatch fire-based QRS units and states the collective bargaining agreement supports this operational enhancement. The department requests City Council facilitate coordinated implementation with Lackawanna County 911 to improve medical response times.
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