Tomorrow, Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS) and Toronto Fire Services (TFS) will host a patient reunion that will bring together first responders and two families whose lives were profoundly affected by the prompt and professional actions of Toronto paramedics and firefighters.
Date: Thursday, December 5
Time: 12:30 to 2 p.m.
Location: Toronto Emergency Services Joint Headquarters, 4330 Dufferin St.
Note: Parking for media is available in the Revivaltime Tabernacle church parking lot at 4340 Dufferin St. There is no entrance to the Joint Headquarters building directly off Dufferin Street.
The event will include remarks from TPS Chief and General Manager Bikram Chawla and TFS Interim Fire Chief and General Manager Larry Cocco. Members of the media will have the opportunity to speak with first responders who provided life-saving care at the scene of a house fire and an out-of-hospital birth, as well as the families affected by these incidents.
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