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Public Safety Dept. FAQ List of Categories
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What City agency handles emergency preparedness and crisis planning?
The Emergency Management Division is responsible for the City's Emergency Response Plan. That office may be contacted M-F 9am-5pm TEL: 609-386-0200.
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What emergency medical services do you offer?
At Endeavor Emergency Squad our emergency medical services include:
* render emergency medical care
* treat and stabilize life threatening injuries
* transportation to the appropriate local hospital
* public education first aid and CPR training, and
* event medical staffing to the Burlington communities
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What rescue services do you offer?
At Endeavor Emergency Squad our advanced rescue techniques include:
* Boat Rescue
* SCUBA Rescue, and
* vehicle extrication ("Jaws of Life")
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What are Emergency Medical Services ( EMS )?
EMS (Emergency Medical Services) are the personnel, vehicles, and equipment that respond to aid a sick or injured individual, or group of individuals in order to render emergency medical care and transportation to the appropriate local hospital.
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What are Rescue Services?
Rescue Services are the personnel, vehicles and equipment that responds in order to aid the EMS personnel in gaining access to an ill or injured individual, or group of individuals. Examples of these services include using our “Jaws of Life” to free a patient trapped inside of a car involved in an accident, or using our Dive Rescue (SCUBA) Team to locate and retrieve a patient who has gone missing in a lake or river.
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What Training is available for EMT ( Emergency Medical Technician )?
The Endeavor Emergency Squad staff all of our ambulances with at least two certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). These EMTs have successfully completed a 110+ hour training program designed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that provides them with the knowledge to treat and stabilize life threatening injuries, so that the patient can be transported to an appropriate medical facility.
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How can I Volunteer for the Emergency Squad?
The Endeavor Emergency Squad is always looking for volunteers. Anyone who is at least sixteen years old is welcome to apply as a volunteer. We provide all of the necessary training. If you are interested, please contact us at TEL. 609-386-8899 for a complete list of membership requirements.
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How does the Emergency Squad get its Funding? How is Emergency Squad funded?
Our primary source of funding is from the fees charged our patients (typically, to their health insurance) for providing them with medical care and transportation by ambulance. However, this fee for service provides less than 65 percent of our annual operating costs. The remain 35 percent comes from other sources, such as governmental grants and allocations, and corporate and private donations. Donations welcome– please contact us at TEL. 609-386-8899.
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