HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-03-05, Page 1Poverty
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The Lucknow Wingham 86'ers Bantam C girl team were the International Silver Stick Finalists held in Port Elgin Feb. 7 and Feb. 9.
Back row, left to right: Brad Humphrey (assistant coach), Carly Kreller, Jessica Nelson, Jeff Bloemberg (coach), Lexi Smith, Vicky Nicholson, Katie Murray, Emily
Bloemberg, Robin Montgomery, Loretta Higgins, lan Montgomery (assistant coach), Betty Jane Higgins (trainer).
Middle row: Skye Maldini, Sydney Pruden, Alicia Douglas, Emma Metcalfe, Emma Sangster.
Front row: Pilar Dietrich.
Some long wait times for EMS in wintry January
Dispatch troubles
continuing for area
Paul Cluff
QMI Agency
A tough winter has had its effects
on Huron county's ambulance
www.lucknowsentineicom
service, causing some delays,
including a 285 -minute wait for
one call.
Huron County council was
presented with response times for
January at their committee of the
whole day 2 meeting on Wed. Feb.
19.
EMS chief Dave Lew said some
of the delays this winter are due to
weather conditions. A call that
came in at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24 was
not attended to until 12:45 a.m.
the following morning.
Lew explained that weather was
to blame for that particular call.
"We were dealing with road clo-
sures, trying to get through the
snow to begin with, then around
the different roads to get to the
appropriate location," he told the
Signal Star.
Environment Canada reported
a temperature of minus 30, with
winds gusting as high as 80 kilo-
metres per hour on that date.
Another call on Jan. 24 required
90 minutes for EMS to arrive.
Eight calls last month took 50
minutes or longer.
Lew told council that an EMS
staffer was stuck at a station due
to weather without enough food
to last past a 12 -hour shift. A
staffer suggested having enough
supplies in the event they are
storm -stayed.
Lew also discussed difficulties
with dispatch services - provided
by the Central Ambulance Com-
munication Centre (CACC) in
London that began before EMS
was downloaded to the upper
tiers in 2001.
For more than a dozen years,
discussions, originating from
Middlesex and Oxford counties,
have been ongoing about down-
loading the London communica-
tions centre. Though the Ministry
of Health and Long -Term Care
blocked the move in 2002/03,
Ottawa and Niagara EMS have
since swayed the ministry to oper-
ate their own dispatch systems.
The ministry seems receptive,
Lew's report stated.
Coun. Ben Van Diepenbeek
(Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh)
suggested using caution if
approaching the government
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Poverty
Local papers make
poverty year-long
focus
get it
411
The
9.50
HST included
PM40064683R07656
Luck ow Sentine
www.lucknowsentinel.com
n
n
1
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
finalists ifr Strdk tea
Photo submitted
The Lucknow Wingham 86'ers Bantam C girl team were the International Silver Stick Finalists held in Port Elgin Feb. 7 and Feb. 9.
Back row, left to right: Brad Humphrey (assistant coach), Carly Kreller, Jessica Nelson, Jeff Bloemberg (coach), Lexi Smith, Vicky Nicholson, Katie Murray, Emily
Bloemberg, Robin Montgomery, Loretta Higgins, lan Montgomery (assistant coach), Betty Jane Higgins (trainer).
Middle row: Skye Maldini, Sydney Pruden, Alicia Douglas, Emma Metcalfe, Emma Sangster.
Front row: Pilar Dietrich.
Some long wait times for EMS in wintry January
Dispatch troubles
continuing for area
Paul Cluff
QMI Agency
A tough winter has had its effects
on Huron county's ambulance
www.lucknowsentineicom
service, causing some delays,
including a 285 -minute wait for
one call.
Huron County council was
presented with response times for
January at their committee of the
whole day 2 meeting on Wed. Feb.
19.
EMS chief Dave Lew said some
of the delays this winter are due to
weather conditions. A call that
came in at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24 was
not attended to until 12:45 a.m.
the following morning.
Lew explained that weather was
to blame for that particular call.
"We were dealing with road clo-
sures, trying to get through the
snow to begin with, then around
the different roads to get to the
appropriate location," he told the
Signal Star.
Environment Canada reported
a temperature of minus 30, with
winds gusting as high as 80 kilo-
metres per hour on that date.
Another call on Jan. 24 required
90 minutes for EMS to arrive.
Eight calls last month took 50
minutes or longer.
Lew told council that an EMS
staffer was stuck at a station due
to weather without enough food
to last past a 12 -hour shift. A
staffer suggested having enough
supplies in the event they are
storm -stayed.
Lew also discussed difficulties
with dispatch services - provided
by the Central Ambulance Com-
munication Centre (CACC) in
London that began before EMS
was downloaded to the upper
tiers in 2001.
For more than a dozen years,
discussions, originating from
Middlesex and Oxford counties,
have been ongoing about down-
loading the London communica-
tions centre. Though the Ministry
of Health and Long -Term Care
blocked the move in 2002/03,
Ottawa and Niagara EMS have
since swayed the ministry to oper-
ate their own dispatch systems.
The ministry seems receptive,
Lew's report stated.
Coun. Ben Van Diepenbeek
(Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh)
suggested using caution if
approaching the government
CONTINUED > PAGE 3