First Responder Rehab Team to Assist Park Ridge Firefighters

Trained volunteers will soon tend to physically exhausted Park Ridge firefighters after battling extremely hot blazes, the Park Ridge Herald-Advocate reports.

Currently, other firefighter/paramedics take on the role of rehydrating and monitoring their colleagues after a fire, but the Maine Township Emergency Management Office is working on developing a First Responder Rehab Team, the newspaper reports. The volunteer team will be trained in first aid and CPR and will allow paramedics to tend to other tasks. Training for the 55-60 volunteers will take place through December.