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the local community level. The general public should be made aware of
the function of fire departments and their relationship to the ambulance
and other services, This is important in order that the public can call
upon the services of the most appropriate priority basis.

(While police officers should not be expected to act as paramedics
or to have their cars supplied with medical equipment, it would not be
unreasonable to suggest that they should carry a fire extinguisher and
a blanket and perhaps a ground sheet. This would have useful results
in cases such as that recently experienced in the Victoria area. Two
cars collided, both caught fire and two persons were seriously injured.
A police car was in the vicinity and reached the scene before more distant
help could be supplied by the fire or ambulance services. The police
officers, in spite of their desire to help, could do nothing about ‘the
fires and had to leave a dangerously injured woman to lie uncovered on
the ground in pelting rain for some twenty minutes.)"

OBSERVATION :

In discussion with Inspector Young he advises that our R.C.M.P.

Detachment does in fact carry the equipment outlined and at present @

are in the process of changing over to larger 5 1b. extinguishers in

every car.

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