The Federal Emergency Management Agency has purchased four new ambulances for the CNMI Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services. The vehicles are expected to arrive in 2019. <\/p>\n
During the annual Western Pacific Islands Association Fire Chief conference at the Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan yesterday, Clyde Norita, Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services commissioner, said that, despite the destruction Super Typhoon Yutu, wrought on the CNMI, it also served as a blessing in disguise for DFEMS. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis Yutu typhoon might have been a blessing in disguise. \u2026FEMA has bought the fire department four new ambulances\u2026three for Saipan and one for Tinian because their ambulance went down during the typhoon,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
According to Norita, the company making the ambulances went into production in November and the new vehicles are expected to arrive in early 2019. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was informed by FEMA that the ambulances went into production on Nov. 20 and they should be here by the end of January or early February,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
FEMA did not just purchase four brand new ambulance units for the CNMI, but hand radios as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cFEMA has also bought the department 40 new radios. We only had 20 radios and they are over 15 years old,\u201d Norita said. <\/p>\n
He said the department is grateful that FEMA saw the need in the CNMI and filled the need. <\/p>\n
Norita said that aside from the new ambulance units, the department is also expecting two new fire trucks capable of storing up to 1,000 gallons of water. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe just signed the contract for two new\u20261,000-gallon, four-door pumper trucks. \u2026Production time is about 280 days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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