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Breezy Point: 2008 City of Excellence Award Winner

Police/Paramedics Partnership

Category: Population under 5,000

The City of Breezy Point, which has over 1,600 full-time residents, sees that number soar to as many as 10,000 during the summer recreational season. Combined with a continued growth in new home starts in recent years, the city had seen a dramatic increase in the number of requests for emergency medical services.

Life saving medications and equipment, however, were often 15 to 20 minutes away. The nearest ambulances were stationed outside of city limits, and were not staffed 24 hours a day. To address this challenge, the city established a partnership with North Memorial Ambulance Services to provide advance life support emergency care. The program now operates seven days a week and 365 days a year. This has been a life-saving initiative.

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