MOUNT PLEASANT — Sometimes firefighters are the first to respond to an emergency, but they don’t always have the training to care for a patient on the scene, according to local fire and rescue officials. Putting a highly trained medical professional on all its fire engines is something Mount Pleasant stated as a goal in 2007 because firefighters almost always arrive on-scene before an ambulance does, according to Mount Pleasant firefighter Eddie Genthert. (more…)
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