Sunday, February 21, 2010
Mass Casualty Incident Response Trailer
KENTUCKY...
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security recently awarded a grant to the Pike County Office of Emergency Management to purchase a mass casualty incident response trailer. The grant was for $60,295. “Our office of emergency management is one of the most technologically advanced offices in the Commonwealth,” Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford said. “I am proud to have such a department in Pike County. We strive to be on the cutting-edge of technology and the mass casualty incident response trailer is a step in that direction.” Doug Tackett, Director of the Office of Emergency Management, says he thinks these may be the only such medical trailers in eastern Kentucky. Emergency services purchased three of the trailers at just under $19,000 each from Penn-Care Inc. in Ohio. One will be stationed in the Pikeville area, one in the Kimper area and one in the Belfry area. They will be delivered within 45 days.
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security recently awarded a grant to the Pike County Office of Emergency Management to purchase a mass casualty incident response trailer. The grant was for $60,295. “Our office of emergency management is one of the most technologically advanced offices in the Commonwealth,” Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford said. “I am proud to have such a department in Pike County. We strive to be on the cutting-edge of technology and the mass casualty incident response trailer is a step in that direction.” Doug Tackett, Director of the Office of Emergency Management, says he thinks these may be the only such medical trailers in eastern Kentucky. Emergency services purchased three of the trailers at just under $19,000 each from Penn-Care Inc. in Ohio. One will be stationed in the Pikeville area, one in the Kimper area and one in the Belfry area. They will be delivered within 45 days.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 12:25 PM 
