** Australian ambulance volunteer charged after making phony 000 call that results in major callout of emergency personnel
** Indianapolis names street in honor of EMS LODD pair
AUSTRALIA NEWS
** A Western Australia ambulance volunteer has been charged with making a phony 000 call that resulted in a massive callout of emergency services. The Herald Sun (Phil Hickey/July 23) said the 38-year-old St. John medic placed the help hail for an MVA Sunday. According to the newspaper, the man said one person was trapped in a vehicle near Collie. Although St. John Ambulance medics were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. alongside a rescue helicopter and fire personnel, no car accident scene was ever found. The medic, who assisted in the bogus search, has been charged with creating a false belief. He is set to appear in Collie Magistrates Court August 14.
UNITED STATES NEWS
** A pair of Indianapolis paramedics who died in a February fatal ambulance crash have had a street named after them. That is the word from WISH (July 23) which said the street dubbed in honor of Timothy McCormick and Cody Medley was dedicated Tuesday. McCormick and Medley EMS Memorial Way is located at the site of the accident that killed the pair. The city’s director of public safety, the Indianapolis EMS chief and the Indy Fire Rescue House president were all present at the 1 p.m. ceremony.
