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1 The Canadien Champion, Fday, January 22, 1999 IChief says he needs more to sign provincial deal 4qIbope as our By IRENE GENTLE ,muicialty ros w'. The Champion munepmotga"wsmwrt The Milton Fire Department should b~54W Mrefuse to sign on the dotted lime, aaid Fire able t meet this. Untl Chief Harold Penson. thetu 1 hlsk we'd be At least for now. sugsi 5 evlo Until the Milton departmnent plumps up cofot that wee o ita fuli-tirne staff, it can't afford to sign a letter of agreement with the provincial ............. ........government, Chief Penson told the Town's cornmunity servicea committee Queen's Park has heen urging the Milton deparnnent o jouiS in a tiered respunse pro- gram with ambulance services for some time, he explained. Ticrcd response means the tire depart- ment would be routinely dispatched along with ambulance services in order to per- forrn medical assista. This would likely happen in cases where there is a difficulty or absence of breath- ing, unconsciousness, severe bleeding or heart attack. The tire departrnt would also be sent out to assiat at vehicle collisions. Evert without an agreement, the Milton Fire Departanent bas been rushing to emer- gency sites whenever there is a known delay in ambulance response time. Lately the pressure to make a deal bas becomne mnore forrnal, with the Ministry of HealtIs issuing a letter of agreement for the department to sign. Trouble is, it is unlikely the Milton departrnent would be able to keep up its side of thse bargaln, said Chief Penson. The reason is staffing. Ensuring speedy response times means there bas t0 be 24- hour compleiment ready to hi the road. Currently, the Milton force has omly seven full-tirne firefighters. Ail of thern work the day shift. The night hours are covered by 45 part- timers. That means when a caîl cornes in, they respond from their homes. 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