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Two advance EMS learning; local departments study joining
Volunteers learn about transferring water from Grand Coulee's new water tender to a brush truck during a wildland fire training near North Dam May 21. The tender was donated to the department by the state Department of Natural Resources last year, but had to be outfitted, including the 1,300-gallon water tank, by the city. - Scott Hunter photo
Multiple times per week, two local people drive hours away in pursuit of gaining life-saving aid for their community.
Merlee Liberty and Mike Shear are undergoing extensive education in order to become paramedics.
Liberty and Shear, who live in Coulee Dam and Electric City, respectively, both travel around two hours to school and work. Their graduation as paramedics will be in early June.
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