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Article: Firefighters to launch new scheme for asthma sufferers
- Article from:
- Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2006
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A Service that quickly identifies asthma sufferers at risk from
fire will be launched in Aberdeen on Monday.
Grampian Fire and Rescue Service has been working with Asthma
Support in Rural Scotland (Asirus) for two years to help its members
during an emergency through the Grid Reference Identification Project
(Grip).
Smoke can seriously affect an asthma sufferer and may make
communications impossible for them should they ever make an emergency
call. The idea behind the project is they only need to quote their
unique reference number, or even just call 999 from the registered
phone number, if they find themselves in an emergency situation.
The Grip number, when processed by the fire service's ...