Windsor Fire and Rescue Service trucks will soon carry naloxone.
The service was given direction to carry the drug, administered when someone is experiencing an opioid overdose, during a Windsor City council meeting this week.
Windsor Fire Chief Steve Laforet told council he supports putting the life-saving drug on the trucks.
“Putting them on the trucks right now is not a significant burden and there is potential to help somebody in the future with it. So based on that, at this point in time, I would put it on,” said Chief Laforet.
From December 2019 until October 2020, Windsor fire crews responded to 25 emergency medical calls where they arrived before EMS and there may have been the opportunity to administer naloxone.
It’s estimated it will take around eight weeks to train all Windsor Fire and Rescue personnel on how to use the drug. It will cost the department around $4,000 to train all 275 Windsor Fire Service personnel.
