FD Fire Department to take on more lift assist calls
On a regular basis, emergency medical service providers and firefighters in Webster County get called to help pick someone up off the floor or the ground. These kinds of responses are called lift assists. They are often defined as situations in which someone falls from a standing or sitting position, is not hurt, but cannot get up by themselves. To ensure that a trained emergency medical responder assesses a person in need of a lift assist, the Fort Dodge Fire Department will begin responding to those calls in the northern half of Webster County. The procedure was announced during ...
