Community Paramedicine program earns innovation award
Newton Fire/EMS Department’s Community Paramedicine program has received a 2018 Inspire-Create-Innovate Community Award from the Kansas League of Municipalities.Chief Scott Metzler accepted the award Monday afternoon at the League’s annual conference in Topeka. The awards program is designed to celebrate excellence in local government programs and spotlight innovations that other communities might replicate.In 2017, Newton Fire/EMS, in partnership with Newton Medical Center,