{"id":24721,"date":"2017-06-19T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24721"},"modified":"2017-06-19T08:40:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:40:59","slug":"chesco-emergency-services-tabbed-for-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=24721","title":{"rendered":"Chesco Emergency Services tabbed for awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Chester County has received two achievement awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for programs developed by the county\u2019s Department of Emergency Services.<\/p>\n

The two programs \u2013 Care Under Fire and Youth First Responder\u2019s Career Training \u2013 picked up the accolades within NACo\u2019s Criminal Justice and Public Safety category. Both awards will be formally recognized on July 23 at NACo\u2019s annual conference and exposition in Columbus, Ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic Safety has always been one of our top priorities, and our staff in the Department of Emergency Services works closely with all first responder agencies to create and run programs that are worthy of awards,\u201d said Michele Kichline, Chair of the Commissioners. \u201cThe NACo recognition for both programs is well deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u2018Care Under Fire\u2019 program is a one-day, 10-hour training course for police officers that focuses on how and why it is crucial to provide lifesaving first aid procedures for their partners and colleagues while in the line of duty,\u201d said Bobby Kagel, Director of the Chester County Department of Emergency Services. \u201cThe course gives police officers a basic understanding of what it takes to stay alive when faced with a traumatic injury, and we have found that police officers who have received the training quickly become ambassadors for the value of the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the \u201cYouth First Responder Career Training Partnership\u201d, Chester County Emergency Services partners with the Octorara Area High School to present the Octorara Area Homeland Security and Protective Services Career and Technical Education program. The program prepares students to apply technical knowledge and skills required to perform entry-level duties in law enforcement, firefighting, emergency medical technician and other safety services. This program stresses the techniques, methods and procedures specific to the areas of criminal justice and fire protection especially in emergency and disaster situations.<\/p>\n

\u201cProtecting the public is a crucial part of governing, and we take that very seriously in Chester County,\u201d said Commissioner Kathi Cozzone. \u201cWith the declining number of volunteers in our first responder agencies, a program such as this not only provides national fire service and emergency medical service certifications, but it also introduces high school students to the true value of being a volunteer first responder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nationally, the NACo awards are given in 18 different categories that reflect the vast, comprehensive services that counties provide. The categories include children and youth, criminal justice, county administration, information technology, health, civic engagement and many more.<\/p>\n

Commissioner Terence Farrell said, \u201cNACo recognizes that counties across the nation overcome complex challenges, provide essential services and continually must do more with less, and this awards program honors that. This national recognition again proves that Chester County is one of the best counties in the country in which to live, work and raise a family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chester County has received two achievement awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo) for programs developed by the county\u2019s Department of Emergency Services. The two programs \u2013 Care Under Fire and Youth First Responder\u2019s Career Training \u2013 picked up the accolades within NACo\u2019s Criminal Justice and Public Safety category. Both awards will be formally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1728,9068,3996],"class_list":["post-24721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-awards","tag-care-under-fire","tag-chester-county-emergency-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24722,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24721\/revisions\/24722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}