From left, Acting Emergency Chief John O’Donnell in the driver’s seat of new DART vehicle, Ken Martin and Robin Wilson of Deerhaven Farm and Garden, Prince Edward County Councillor Janice Maynard, Hastings County Councillor Wanda Donaldson and Belleville Councillor Paul Carr, June 8, 2016. (Photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)
A new all-terrain vehicle to help paramedics get to remote areas is now in service in the Hastings County – Quinte area.
The idea is to expand emergency services to areas that are difficult to access, particularly in forests and at remote lakes.
Acting Chief of Emergency Services John O’Donnell told the Hastings-Quinte Joint emergency Services committee Wednesday the new Difficult Access Response Team vehicle will allow easier access.
O’Donnell says the new vehicle carries a full-size stretcher in the back that can be easily transferred to the ambulance.
He says some staff are being trained on the all terrain vehicle which is based at the Millennium Parkway ambulance base in Belleville.
From left, Deputy Chief of Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services Carl Brockaw, shows the DART vehicle to Quinte West Councillor Karen Sharpe, and Belleville Councillor Paul Carr, June 8, 2016. (Photo: Mary Thomas/Quinte News)
O’Donnell says two local firms, Deerhaven Farm and Garden and Sterlmar, assisted in obtaining the DART vehicle.
