Citizens and their elected officials must also understand the implications, however temporary, for all the involved agencies

By Adam K. Thiel, FR1

It certainly is not uncommon for law enforcement agencies to assist fire and EMS departments with patient care.

In some jurisdictions, the local sheriff’s office or police department is actually the primary provider of EMS, and even fire protection, response.

However they are deployed, inter-agency cooperation is always vital in these relationships, and that’s certainly a positive dimension to this case, in marked contrast to another story on FireRescue1 of the fire chief cleared of fireground wrongdoing.

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