Port Coquitlam creates new 911 protocol after fire chief slams current one as unsafe

Under a new system implemented by the B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) last year, certain calls classified as “moderately urgent” are only forwarded to firefighters if ambulance paramedics can’t attend within 10 minutes.

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