Work nears completion on EMS Station 1
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Work is nearing completion on the new Bonner County Emergency Medical Services Station 1, a project that has been in progress since 2020 under the …
By Soncirey Mitchell
Reader Staff
Work is nearing completion on the new Bonner County Emergency Medical Services Station 1, a project that has been in progress since 2020 under the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert-Carey
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted unanimously Aug. 9 to return $800,300 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to the county’s Emergency Medical Services budget nearly a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County commissioners voted Dec. 2 to accept a $25,000 grant to fund PulsePoint — a smartphone application designed to get CPR-certified citizens to the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Fire Chiefs Association hosted a series of presentations last week to share its findings from months of research on how to improve …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Emergency Management Services is pursuing grant funding for a mobile phone alert system designed to speed CPR-certified citizens to the scene of nearby …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Bonner County Commissioners are putting the brakes on restructuring the county’s Emergency Management Services.
Since news broke in December that the BOCC was considering a …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Bonner County Commissioners will hold a public meeting regarding possible changes to the county’s Emergency Management Services system 9 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 18, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Board of Bonner County Commissioners is experiencing pushback following the news that the county may transition their current Emergency Management Services system from county-operated …
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