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Denver ambulances aren’t meeting response-time goals. Can training firefighters to be paramedics help?

Denver Fire Department, Denver Health say their working relationship has improved in year since contract changes

Denver Fire Department Capt. Eric Haag, left, firefighter Andres Garcia, center, and Denver Health Paramedics Lt. Alex Wilkinson, right, help a patient inside a fast food restaurant in north Denver on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Denver Fire Department Capt. Eric Haag, left, firefighter Andres Garcia, center, and Denver Health Paramedics Lt. Alex Wilkinson, right, help a patient inside a fast food restaurant in north Denver on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 4:  Shelly Bradbury - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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The city changed its contract with Denver Health for 2023 after firefighters complained to Denver7 about paramedics’ slow response times, policies that limited firefighters’ ability to provide care to patients and the strained relationship between the two agencies.
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