At an event today at a fire station at 21st and Market streets, Bob Brady called for improvements to the city's emergency management system.
In particular, he wants medically trained firefighters in every unit in the city. He said there are 40 firefighters trained as paramedics on the job now who aren't acting as paramedics. He wants them doing the medical work they were trained for -- and to add another 20 trained paramedics to the force.
Also, he wants to start a "311" system for non-emergency calls that would siphon those calls from the 911 system.
During the event, Brady made a slightly odd connection -- as he said he wanted a better emergency system, he knocked Knox for his role in an insurance company in Maryland that had been fined by state regulators for requiring patients to get approval from their primary care doctor before going to the emergency room.
The candidates really are going out of their way to get Knox, aren't they?
Comments (9)
well think about that Knox thing for a minute. Knox tried to make people in need of emergency care believe they needed to call a doctor before calling 911. knox was putting the bottom line of his insurance company ahead of the health of people who may have life threatening emergencies like heart attacks. it is horrible!
Posted by FireUnionMan | April 24, 2007 4:48 PM
Certainly not the profile of someone who wants to be a public servant.
Anyone who thinks Knox would be a good trustee of the public welfare is sorely mistaken.
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