This is Public Safety Week

OTTAWA, May 5, 2012 - Today, the Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, recognized Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) 2012 by highlighting several online tools to help Canadians prepare a family emergency plan and do their part to improve community resilience against disasters. The 17th annual EP Week takes place May 6-12, 2012, and the theme of this year’s event is “Make a Plan.”

“Emergency Preparedness Week is an opportunity for us to ensure we are prepared for any emergency situation that may occur. It is also a time for us to recognize those men and women on the front lines who work heroically to protect our families and communities from emergency situations,” said Minister Toews.

To help Canadians plan for emergencies, a redesigned GetPrepared.ca website was launched today with easier navigation and new sections on preparing children for emergencies, how to plan for pets and service animals, and using technology to keep in touch during emergencies. The website allows Canadians to go online to complete and download their own family emergency plan.

Canadians are also encouraged to visit the recently-launched mobile website,m.GetPrepared.ca, which gives quick access from a mobile device on what to do during different kinds of emergencies. The website also allows users to email a custom emergency kit shopping list from their mobile device.

Also accessible from GetPrepared.ca is the Canadian Disaster Database, where Canadians can learn about risks that have affected their region since 1900 and allow them better to prepare.

EP Week is a national event coordinated by Public Safety Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and other partners, encouraging Canadians to be ready to cope on their own for at least the first 72 hours of an emergency. For more information on EP Week and to complete a family emergency plan, visitwww.GetPrepared.ca, and follow @Get_Prepared on Twitter.

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OTTAWA, le 5 mai 20 - Aujourd’hui, l’honorable Vic Toews, ministre de la Sécurité publique, a souligné le début de la Semaine de la sécurité civile de 2012, et a présenté plusieurs outils en ligne qui ont été conçus pour aider les Canadiens à préparer un plan d’urgence familial et à apporter leur contribution pour améliorer la résilience communautaire contre les catastrophes. La Semaine de la sécurité civile se déroule du 6 au 12 mai 2012, et le thème de l’année est « Préparer un plan ».

« La Semaine de la sécurité civile nous rappelle que nous devons toujours être préparés à faire face aux éventuelles urgences. C’est également l’occasion de reconnaître les hommes et les femmes qui, aux premières lignes, font preuve d’héroïsme pour protéger nos familles et nos collectivités lorsque survient une situation urgence, a dit le ministre Toews. »

Pour aider les Canadiens à se préparer aux urgences, le site Web remanié Preparez-vous.ca a été lancé aujourd’hui. La navigation y est plus facile, et de nouvelles sections ont été ajoutées sur la préparation des enfants aux urgences, la planification pour les personnes ayant des animaux domestiques et d’assistance et le recours à la technologie pour communiquer avec les membres de famille en cas d’urgence. Le site Web permet également aux Canadiens de remplir en ligne leur propre plan d’urgence et de le télécharger.

Les Canadiens sont également encouragés à visiter le site Web, m.Preparez-vous.ca, qui a été récemment lancé et qui permet, à partir d’un appareil mobile, un accès rapide à des renseignements sur les étapes à suivre en situation d’urgence de différents types. Le site Web permet également aux utilisateurs d’envoyer par courriel, à partir de leur appareil mobile, une liste d’articles à acheter pour la trousse d’urgence.

Également accessible à partir du site Web, Preparez-vous.ca, est la Base de données canadienne sur les catastrophes, où les Canadiens peuvent se renseigner au sujet des risques ayant touchés leur région depuis 1900 ainsi que des mesures de préparation d’urgence.

La Semaine de la Sécurité civile est coordonnée par Sécurité publique Canada en collaboration avec les gouvernements provinciaux et territoriaux et d’autres partenaires. Elle vise à encourager les Canadiens à se préparer pour être autosuffisants pendant les premières 72 heures d’une situation d’urgence. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur la Semaine de la sécurité civile et préparer un plan d’urgence familial, visitez le site Web, www.preparez-vous.ca, et suivez Sécurité publique Canada sur Twitter, à l’adresse : @Get_Prepared.

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CSL launches Emergency Response Team

In March 2011, the City Council adopted a new Emergency Preparedness Plan. This was the culmination of two years of work, in great part by Jordy Reichson, Director of Public Safety, Councillor Ruth Kovac, and myself, as chairman of the City’s Public Safety, Transportation and Emergency Preparedness committees.  Councillor Kovac and I have been involved with emergency services for more than 30 years and we have overseen Emergency Preparedness since 1990.

In the management of an emergency, there are two important and interrelated decision centres: the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) and the emergency site. While the EOC is likely only activated in the case of a large emergency, the site team will be activated more often, for a range of incidents including working fires, mass casualty incidents or other confined incidents.

In order to manage the emergency site in the most efficient manner, I announced my intention during the last elections to create an Emergency Response Team (ERT) within the Public Safety Department. The team is made up of volunteers within EMS, vCOP and Public Security agents.  When the alarm goes off, the team springs into action.

The ERT will be led by David Sasson. David is a veteran of the Emergency Measures Organization (EMO, the predecessor of EMS), recently completed a 23-year career at Urgences-santé and is an active EMS driver-medic. David has been the head of the medical team at the Jewish General Hospital’s Weekend to End Breast Cancer and Ride to Conquer Cancer since each event’s inception. David will report directly to and work closely with the Director of Public Safety, as the ERT is an element of emergency preparedness and touches all Public Safety divisions.

The members of the ERT will be trained in the Incident Command System (ICS), setting up a command post and interacting with other services on scene. The ERT members will wear a special identification to easily identify them on scene, worn over top of their regular uniforms.

ERT members will also serve as ambassadors of the City and assist affected residents in coping with the situation, help them make arrangements, advocate for residents with other services and respond to any pressing concerns.

Once activated and on scene, the ERT will usually assume command of the on-scene City resources, liaising with the Montreal Fire Department, Montreal Police Department and Urgences-santé incident commanders.

All members are volunteers and receive no compensation for this service.

The second phase will be the creation of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), involving citizens from the community with special skills or equipment. The CERT is a program that exists in different parts of Canada and the US and develops a sense of responsibility amongst regular citizens. The formation of the CERT is planned for 2012-2013. The ERT will serve as the managing body for the CERT.

The goal of the ERT is to allow the City to best respond to emergencies large and small and offer the highest level of service to residents and responders. In creating the ERT, we are ensuring that we have trained, knowledgeable and capable responders and leaders at the site of the emergency.

Although only officially approved by the City Council this month, the ERT has been activated twice in the last few months — at a house fire on Parkhaven and during the windstorms two weeks ago. The ERT augmented our services and allowed us to better deal with each situation.

I am thrilled to see this service launched.  The CERT formed an important part of my 2009 election plan as I am always looking how to improve our existing level of safety and security and to build upon what we have with innovative and unique ideas.  I am very confident in our abilities to respond to just about any kind of call for help within our community, and outside as well.

More information will be forthcoming about these services and next year we will call for participation from some of our skilled and equipped residents.

Related articles

• CSL adopts emergency preparedness plan (gjnashen.wordpress.com)

Also see:

CSL emergency response team, Around the Towns, The Suburban, July 6, 2011
Côte St. Luc announced that it has launched its Emergency Response Team, or ERT, “to help respond to reports of fire, mass casualty incidents, or other confined incidents,” says a city announcement. “The ERT will include first responders from Côte St. Luc Emergency Medical Services, public security agents, and volunteer patrollers from the city’s vCOP program. The ERT members will wear a special identification to easily identify them on scene, worn over top of their regular uniform. The ERT will be led by David Sasson, a veteran of the Emergency Measures Organization, or EMO, which was the predecessor of EMS.”

“When responding to an incident, ERT members will assist affected residents in coping with the situation, helping them make arrangements, advocating on their behalf with other services and responding to any pressing concerns,” said Councillor Glenn Nashen, the council member responsible for public safety and traffic issues. “Once activated and on scene, the ERT will usually assume command of the on-scene city resources, liaising with the fire department, police department and Urgences Santé incident commanders.”

Is Montreal ready for emergencies?

Is Montreal ready for emergencies?

City deserves credit for getting ready to cope with weather extremes, but Chicago shows it might be wise to do even more

By HENRY AUBIN

The Gazette May 26, 2011

The Richelieu Valley’s freak flooding, causing mayhem for hundreds of homeowners, shows what can happen when municipalities don’t anticipate the sort of extreme weather events that climatologists say could become much more common.

Chicago, having learned its lesson from a 1995 heat wave that contributed to the deaths of about 500 people, has become a leader among North American cities in preparedness against various kinds of extreme weather. Is Montreal doing enough?

This city’s vulnerability to weather extremes is plain. Last July’s heat wave, according to public-health authorities, precipitated the deaths of 106 people. Also last summer, tornadoes – ultraweak and undestructive – were spotted in Ste. Anne de Bellevue and the northern suburb Mascouche. No one will forget the 1997 rainstorm and the 1998 ice storm. And lest anyone smugly assume that the city’s remoteness from the coast gives it immunity to those increasingly severe hurricanes, bear in mind that Hurricane Hazel in 1954 blasted a city far more inland than us, Toronto, drenching it with 11 inches of rain and causing 83 deaths.

To be sure, no single weather event, including the Richelieu River’s overflow, can be blamed on human-made greenhouse-gas emissions, but most scientists say increasing emissions contribute to the overall trend.

The Tremblay administration – in particular, the executive committee’s Alan DeSousa – deserves credit for taking various steps to adapt to changing weather conditions (as distinct from taking steps to reduce greenhousegas emissions). The city is:

–Building four water-retention basins to keep sewers from overflowing during storms. (The four are in Ahuntsic, Lachine, Griffintown and St. Laurent.)

–Banning construction of new buildings on Montreal Island within 10 metres of the St. Lawrence River and the Rivière des Milles Îles. (Time will tell if 10 metres is enough.)

–Extending water-intake pipes farther into the St. Lawrence River in anticipation of lower water levels.

–Repairing leaking under-ground pipes carrying drinking water. This will, among other things, help in the event of future water shortages. DeSousa estimates that leakage caused the loss of 40 per cent of water a decade ago, that this is now down to 30 per cent, and that it should be at about 20 per cent by 2015.

–Obliging all new-building and renovated basements to install backwater valves, according to a bylaw effective in July. At times of heavy rain, these devices prevent sewers from backing up.

–Planting more shade trees to cool the territory and absorb rainwater, and encouraging vegetation on roofs.

–Bracing for the latest in-vasive species, the ash borer beetle, by ceasing as of last spring to plant its favourite food, ash trees, along Montreal streets. The insect has already killed tens of millions of such trees in the U.S., and warmer weather has brought it to southern Quebec. Ash trees are second only to maples as the most common tree on streets and in parks.

–Imposing new rules for off-street parking spaces in St. Laurent, where DeSousa is borough mayor. Asphalt parking lots absorb heat and don’t absorb rainwater, contributing to flooding. A 2009 borough bylaw reduces the number of parking spots required per building (thus also encouraging use of public transit), shrinks the size of each spot by five per cent, requires shade trees to cover 40 per cent of new spots and authorizes the use of permeable paving to replace asphalt.

Chicago is doing some of the same things as Montreal, such as building underground storage tanks for rainwater. But, as the New York Times reports, it is also doing a lot of other things.

In anticipation of a hotter future, it has stopped planting native Illinois species of trees and is replacing them with varieties from the southern U.S. It is planting those trees a foot or so below the surface sidewalks so that rainwater can readily drain into them. It is also seeding these sunken areas with special weeds that resist drought, absorb water and filter de-icing salts.

Most ambitiously, Chicago is also redesigning its streets. When it builds bike lanes and parking lanes, it introduces light-reflecting surfaces that reduce heat. Fragments of recycled tires are in this asphalt, allowing the pavement to contract in winter without cracking, and expand in summer without buckling.

Chicago gets a lot hotter than Montreal, which helps explain its being in the vanguard. But if the climatologists are right, Montreal can expect to get much, much hotter, too. Getting more prepared is a sound investment; Millions spent today can save billions down the road.

CSL PW employees aid flood victims

The solidarity between blue collars around the province will be very evident today as Côte Saint-Luc Public Works blue collars will join their counterparts from across the province to provide clean up services for the flood victims affected in the Montèrègie region.

The union has organized buses to arrive at Côte Saint-Luc Public Works to pick up our employees this morning for a full day of work assisting residents of the Richelieu Valley. Our employees will be volunteering their services which will surely be greatly appreciated by those who have endured the devastation of the overflowing waters of the Richelieu River for the past two months.

Two CSL Public Works crews. An example of our dedicated peronnel.

This is a wonderful gesture on the part of our Public Works employees. On behalf of my constituents I applaud these generous efforts to assist our fellow Quebecers at this most difficult time.  I am sure that you join me in congratulating them too so when you see them pass by your house in the coming days be sure to say thank you and give them an encouraging thumbs up!

Wicked weather in CSL last night

Wild storms rolled through the region last night and Cote Saint-Luc was not spared.  There were numerous reports of power outages and fallen trees.  One resident reported chunks of cement falling from the Westminster underpass but public safety officials found no evidence of this.

Davies resident Leslie Fabian surveying the damage

Davies resident Leslie Fabian sent in this photo of a tree that fell across his street.  He was very impressed that CSL Public Works cleared the tree off the road within two hours.

Sections of Westluke, Wolseley, Ashkelon, Hudson and Alpine were closed due to live wires or trees (or both) blocking the road.  There was a lot of debris all over.

A few cars were hit by falling branches and two houses were struck by fallen trees.

Cote Saint-Luc immediately deployed additional Public Security units, Citizen on Patrol, EMS and soon to be launched Emergency Response Team to patrol the city and to secure dangerous scenes.

I was on the road all night headed down the 401 and drove through spectacular thunder and lightning storms. Seems a tornado touched down in these parts and a dozen homes were ablaze having been struck by lightning according to local news reports. What a night!  Reminds me of our horrific experiences nearly two years ago during a tornado at Canada’s Wonderland.

Kudos to our Public Safety personnel, volunteers and Public Works crews for their services at home when most needed.

Annual Côte Saint-Luc Spring Fair on Sunday POSTPONED

Please note that this event has been postponed due to weather – Check back here or www.cotesaintluc.org for the new date

The fourth annual Côte Saint-Luc Spring Fair will take place on Sunday, May 15, 2011 from 10 am to 3 pm between Pierre Elliott Trudeau Park and the Public Works Building on Mackle Rd.

“Our Spring Fair is a kid-friendly event with many games and activities, plus a community garage sale to keep the adults busy too,” Mayor Anthony Housefather said. “But there is also an education aspect to the Spring Fair, with information about environmental matters, safety issues, and public works initiatives.”

The Côte Saint-Luc Spring Fair includes the Mega Garage Sale, Public Safety Day, the Public Works Carnival, Eco-Action Day, and—new this year—Côte Saint-Luc Clean Up Day, where residents can pitch in to help pick up refuse at one of four green spaces.

Highlights of the Côte Saint-Luc Spring Fair include inflatable games, face painting, arts and crafts, bike rodeo, colouring stations, environmental trivia game, child-seat verification, compost distribution, and the 60-table garage sale.

For more information about all the activities, visit www.CoteSaintLuc.org/en/SpringFair2011.

Emergency Preparedness Week

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Spring flooding, severe storms, and earthquakes have recently reminded Canadians of the importance of emergency preparedness, making this year’s Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) especially relevant. The 16th annual EP Week runs from May 1 – 7, 2011, and encourages everyone to take the time now to plan for the unexpected. The theme is “72 Hours…Is Your Family Prepared?”

EP Week is a national event coordinated by Public Safety Canada in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments and other partners. Canadians are encouraged to be ready to cope on their own for at least the first 72 hours of an emergency. This will enable first responders to focus on those in urgent need.

During EP Week, countless events are held across the country. Canadians are encouraged to take part in EP Week activities and to prepare for emergencies by following three simple steps:

• Know the risks – Learn how to prepare for the natural hazards in Canada and in your region. Tailor your emergency plan and kit to the common risks in your area.
• Make an emergency plan – Having a family emergency plan will save time and make real situations less stressful. During EP Week, draft or update your plan, and practice it with your family.
• Get an emergency kit- In case of a major event, you will need some basic supplies set aside. Many emergency kit items may already be in your home. This EP Week, take the time to update or assemble a basic emergency kit that meets your family’s needs.

For more information on EP Week or for practical information on preparing for emergencies, visit www.GetPrepared.ca or follow @Get_Prepared on Twitter.

CSL adopts emergency preparedness plan

CSL adopts emergency preparedness plan
By Joel Goldenberg
The Suburban
April 13, 2011

Côte St. Luc recently adopted the latest version of its emergency preparedness plan, a 99-page list of what measures the city would take in case of disaster.

Councillor Glenn Nashen, in charge of the public safety dossier on council, told the March council meeting that the latest plan was two years in the making and done “under the guidance of Côte St. Luc’s emergency preparedness committee.

“We’ve had a lot of input from a wide range of staff, volunteers and expert resources in emergency planning outside of the city, in order to update what is the fourth generation plan that councillor Ruth Kovac and I have worked on since 1990, to match the resources and capacity of the city to respond to any type of large-scale emergency beyond normal operational emergencies in the city, such as the ice storm of 1998,” Nashen explained.

“It’s at a state now where, we believe, that we can muster our resources, bring together the staff, volunteers, elected officials and others that are involved in large scale emergency planning, and the execution of the plan, in order to mitigate any risk and render normal circumstances to the city after an emergency as quickly as possible. I think we have a very good plan in place now.”

Nashen said the plan would be tested; first virtually and then live with a mock situation in such locales as the railyards or somewhere within the city in coordination with the police and fire departments.

“We will then communicate with residents what the plan is about, what role they play in emergencies, because each of the residents play a very active role in mitigating their own risk and preparing themselves,” the councillor added. “That is the continuation of the plan for the rest of 2011, in terms of preparing our residents and staff.”

Asked by Mayor Anthony Housefather to explain what residents should do to prepare for an emergency, Nashen said he would extend “the same message that has been churned out from the federal government for a number of years — plan for 72 hours.

“In the case of a large scale emergency, citizens across the country should be prepared within their own homes with rations of food, means to keep themselves hydrated, fed, warmed or cooled for 72 hours,” Nashen said. “What we did learn in the last large scale emergency is that sometimes the emergency overtakes the capacity of local provincial, regional and federal governments to respond to everybody equally and fast.”

via CSL adopts emergency preparedness plan (The Suburban)

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CSL Emergency Preparedness – Always Planning

The Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC), chaired by Councillor Glenn J. Nashen, was tasked with updating the city’s Emergency Preparedness Plan. The previous plan was adopted during the merger and included the Towns of Hampstead and Montreal West. Prior to that, the city had its own plan, first adopted in the early 1970′s.

In 2007 and 2008, a working group of city staff met with the firm Multi-Risk International, which was contracted to develop a new plan for the city. The plan was produced in June 2008. The Multi-Risk International plan and the pre-merger Côte Saint-Luc plan served as valuable resources and references in the development and update of this document.

The new Emergency Preparedness Plan was reviewed intensively by Mayor Housefather and members of Council, particularly Nashen and Ruth Kovac (both members of the Emergency Preparedness Committee since 1990 and have attended Emergency Preparedness College of Canada) and was officially adopted at the March public council meeting. They worked closely with Jordy Reichson, Director of Public Safety, Cote Saint-Luc’s point-man on emergency operations and readiness issues.

The next step will be to undertake training for all key stakeholders and players, including the elected officials, city staff and partners involved in the management of an emergency as well as advising the public that a new plan has been adopted.  A sensitization and education campaign of residents, through a “Guide to public safety” document will be conducted later this year.

The new plan will “tested” through tabletop exercises and possibly a live exercise.

The resolution reads as follows:

RESOLUTION TO ADOPT AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR THE CITY OF COTE SAINT-LUC

“WHEREAS, the City of Côte Saint-Luc considers the protection of residents and infrastructure an important element in the safety of the city and its people;

WHEREAS, the Civil Protection Act requires all municipalities on the island of Montreal to enter into an agreement with the Agglomeration of Montreal, acting as a regional authority, regarding the prevention of, preparedness for, mitigation of and response to emergencies on its territory;

WHEREAS, the Emergency Preparedness Committee has prepared a plan for dealing with emergencies and disasters of all kinds on its territory.”

It was

MOVED BY COUNCILLOR GLENN J. NASHEN

SECONDED BY COUNCILLOR RUTH KOVAC

AND RESOLVED

“THAT the Côte Saint-Luc City Council herewith adopts the attached document, entitled “Emergency Preparedness Plan”, consisting of 99 pages;

THAT the Côte Saint-Luc City Council hereby authorizes the Director of Public Safety to submit a copy of the said plan to the Centre de sécurité civile, a division of the Montreal Fire Department;

THAT said resolution is for immediate action.”

Quebec should make AEDs mandatory

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The odds of surviving cardiac arrest are higher for people given an electric shock to their hearts in a public place than for those shocked at home, a new study suggests.

The study, which appears in February’s New England Journal of Medicine, found the chances of surviving the cardiac arrest are high if the event is witnessed in a large public venue, such as an airport, sports arena or shopping mall. Those going into cardiac arrest at home and have access to an automated external defibrillator (AED) have lower survival odds.

The Quebec government should require Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to be accessible in buildings and public places just as fire extinguishers are mandatory devices to save lives and property.

In Cote Saint-Luc, AEDs are located in the City Hall / Library complex, at the gym / pool and in the arena.  All Public Security and vCOP vehicles carry AEDs and of course EMS is equipped with more sophisticated defibrillators. 

AEDs cost less than $2000.  Costco advertises a home AED for under $1500.

CTV News report: Cardiac arrest survival odds better in public

Reverse 911 service coming to Montreal

CBC News – Montreal – ‘Reverse 911′ service coming to Montreal.

I’m glad to see the Montreal Agglomeration is embracing new technologies to communicate more effectively with The Island’s residents in case of emergency or crisis situation. In 2011, though, they should also be actively pursuing the myriad of social media possibilities that can reach out much faster to many more people, and faster, than a traditional phone dialer. Twitter is an undeniable major player and its role in disseminating emergency communications should not be underestimated.

I do find a sense of irony in reading about Fire Department’s interest in reaching out to the residents across the Island of Montreal. If they are truly motivated to be more efficient at communications they ought to ensure that their own website’s English side shows more than “under construction” some 10 years after the announcement to merge Fire departments across the island.

After all, effective emergency communications is carried out in many languages, not just one.

Every EMSB school to get a defibrillator

Every EMSB school to get a defibrillator (Montreal Gazette)

In my opinion:  The EMSB is doing the right thing by making emergency medical care readily accessible in all of its facilities.  But they can do much more by ensuring that every one of its students is trained in simple-to-learn CPR.  Each and every one of them is capable of saving a life, inside and outside of their school.

My letter to the editor of the Gazette

Autumn message to my constituents in District 6

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I have reported that the vision of the City’s Public Safety and Traffic Committee, which I lead, is to create a traffic-calmed and pedestrian-friendly community. We are achieving this objective as we have initiated more traffic-calming measures on the most problematic blocks. In the last few months we have installed bollards, flower planters, speed humps, middle-of-the-road pedestrian signs, raised crosswalks and cement crosswalks. As well, we have doubled the width of painted lines of crosswalks making them far more visible. We have also painted lines to “visually narrow” sections of Einstein and David Lewis, effectively slowing down traffic. Finally, speed on all side streets has been reduced from 50 km/h to 40 km/h.

I have worked closely with Charles Senekal, Manager of Urban Planning and Traffic Engineer, Jordy Reichson, Director of Public Safety, and our valued committee members to develop effective, pleasing solutions. I always search out new ideas in my travels and online. Safer cycling and a shuttle bus services are two priorities still in the works. All of these measures are creating a safer environment for pedestrians and motorists of all ages.

Planning of the new intergenerational centre and indoor pool is well underway and construction is just beginning. I want to reassure nearby residents that I have spoken out to ensure minimum impact in terms of parking, noise and lighting issues, and relocation and enhancement of the playground. Your concerns are my concerns. When all is done we will have an amazing centre just a short walk from your home.

Our volunteer Emergency Medical Services and Citizens on Patrol teams are always looking for new recruits. We provide training, valuable skills, camaraderie and a rewarding experience. Call City Hall for details or visit CoteSaintLuc.org.

I invite you to subscribe to local updates at www.GlennJ.Nashen.com.

To contact me, call 514-485-6945 or send an e-mail message to GJNashen@CoteSaintLuc.org or subscribe to updates at www.GlennJ.Nashen.com.

New CPR rules say skip mouth-to-mouth

New CPR rules say skip mouth-to-mouth (M0ntreal Gazette)

Major changes in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) were announced that will radically change this 50-year-old life saving technique and make it far more accessible to bystanders.

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Glenn J. Nashen paracticing on Resusi-Annie in 2010 refresher class at CSL Parks & Recreation Department