The Vancouver Fire Department returned to Monday’s City Council workshop to continue discussion of the proposed “Stop the Clock” ambulance agreement, which would add a few minutes to emergency response time and cut back on hours that ambulances are staffed. Vancouver Fire Chief Joe Molina and Clark Regional Emergency Services ...
Maintaining current levels of emergency medical services in Clark County will require a much more efficient, system-wide way of doing business. That was the message Vancouver Fire Chief Joe Molina presented to the Vancouver City Council during a workshop Monday concerning a pending agreement between Emergency Medical Service (EMS) District ...
Waking up to a disaster is the last thing any of us want to think about, but Cheryl Bledsoe does it every day. Bledsoe is division manager at the Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency (CRESA). “CRESA provides support and coordination through our 911 call center and emergency management services to ...
CRESA Emergency Manager Cheryl Bledsoe stopped by COUV.COM on May 24 to talk about emergency preparedness the #140 Characters Conference Northwest, a Twitter conference she recently organized. Bledsoe suggests people have food — things that can be prepared without having a stove or microwave — and water store three days ...
Three years ago Cheryl Bledsoe languished with spinal meningitis. Unable to sit up for weeks on end, she watched the world go by online. During the course of her illness, she discovered the #140 Conference in New York City. The magic of that first conference ignited a passion. Later that ...