A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, March 26, 2003 TERRACE firefighters used the jaws of life to free a woman trapped in her 2001 Ford Aerostar after a March 21 crash at the intersection of Munroe St. and Lazelle Ave. The vehicle was broadsided after a woman driving a Speedee Printers van failed to stop at the stop sign at Munroe. Neither woman was wearing a seat belt and the driver of the Aerostar was thrown from her seat to the floor on the passenger side of the vehicle. Emer- gency crews had to remove the driver side doors so they could free the woman. Police say the driver of the Speedee van was given a $144 ticket for failing to yield after the stop sign. TERRACE FIRE DEPARTMENT PHOTO Terrace gets money to buy equipment for emergency use TERRACE is on the list of B.C. commu- nities which got a chunk of nearly $990,000 from the federal government to help emergency preparedness here. Under the Joint Emergency Prepared- ness Program (JEPP) the money is ear- marked toward purchasing rescue equip- ment and telecommunications equipment. Terrace received its share of the cash in July 2002 when the city was given $10,020.36 toward the purchase of an emergency disaster response trailer. The 20-foot long trailer, which is stocked with stretchers, hazardous mater- ial clean up products, confined space res- cue equipment and other emergency tools arrived in September and has already been put to use. “We've used it as a first aid post at the fall fair, a couple times at motor ve- hicle accidents and on standby,” said Terrace fire chief Randy Smith. The trailer not only serves to transport equipment but can be set up as a ma- Elderly patient plan keshift command centre in the event of a emergency such as a serious bus acci- dent, train or airplane crash. - _ The trailer is a welcome addition given that the 200-bed emergency hospi- tal which was stored in a Second World War bunker near the airport was taken away last year, Smith said. ‘A casualty collection trailer which contained emergency. equipment was also ina state of disrepair. Prior to the arrival of the trailer, equip- ment, was stored in- various places includ- _ing the Terrace search and rescue build- ing, the public works building and at the. fire hall. “During an emergency that’s just not practical,” Smith said. The trailer can be hooked up to a pick- up truck and moved to the site of an acci- dent. Smith said this is more cost effective solution than having another dedicated. rescue vehicle. gets shelved at Mills HEALTH OFFICIALS have shelved plans to establish a special ward at Mills Mem- orial Hospital for elderly patients. The demand, at least for now, has eased and the number of elderly patients isn’t having an adverse effect on other services, says Cholly Boland of’ the Northern Health Authority. Hospitals traditionally have been the residence of last resort for elderly patients who can't find other accommodations. But the problem has been that seme patients don’t need the high level of care hospitals provide. Having them in hospital beds then puts a staffing and budgetary strain on the facilities when it comes to providing medical services. “A hospital isn’t the place for a better quality of life,” noted Boland of what are called alternate level of care (ALC) pa- tients. “Bul as of late, we have a lower than traditional number of ALC patients.” Boland said not enough information is available to determine why the number has dropped. Mills has housed at least five and sometimes more ALC patients at any one time. The challenge of providing for ALC patients is part and parcel of a growing trend in health care and housing for senior and other people who need assistance. It’s called assisted living or supportive housing and is designed to provided for people as long as possible in semi-inde- pendent accommodation before other me- ‘thods such as extended care facilities such as: Terraceview Lodge are consid- . ered, The opening this past summer of Mc- Connell Estate, attached to Terraceview Lodge, is one such initiative, said Bo- land, Residents receive one meal a day, have housecleaning services, are provi- ded with a medical alert system and have recreation services. The concept is that McConnell Estate will take the pressure off of Terraceview Lodge which in turn will take the pressure aff of Mills, Boland suid. sy 615-0022 | P.O. Box 711 Terrace, B.C. V8G 4B8 Fax: (250) 645-0082 asroth1@telus.net \ Frartorist Flat & Fitted SRL a Percale Sheets eettbreeer voturrerrereta, BUY ONE Get the second at* 1/2. PRICE *Second item must be of equal or lesser value. 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