Fire association wants council to consider Ottawa for 'fire-medic' trial

Ottawa’s firefighters union is putting the heat on municipal politicians to consider volunteering the city as a provincial “fire-medic” test site.
John Sobey, vice-president of the Ottawa Professional Fire Fighters Association, said the union has been meeting with council members over the summer to promote the provincial plan to test a fire-medic model in two municipalities.
According to Sobey, the union wants council to ultimately decide if Ottawa should be a willing city for