{"id":12400,"date":"2024-06-26T12:59:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=12400"},"modified":"2024-06-26T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T13:00:18","slug":"office-of-emergency-services-honored-for-opioid-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/06\/26\/office-of-emergency-services-honored-for-opioid-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Emergency Services honored for opioid program"},"content":{"rendered":"
At its regular meeting this week, the Board of County Commissioners recognized Durham County’s Office of Emergency Services for an award it received in April from CPI Security and WRAL.<\/span><\/p>\n The Office of Emergency Services received the Community Impact Award, which recognizes first responders who go above and beyond their daily duties. <\/span> Articles in The 10th Street Journal are generated by AI and reviewed by human editors.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At its regular meeting this week, the Board of County Commissioners recognized Durham County’s Office of Emergency Services for an award it received in April from CPI Security and WRAL. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-12400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-10th-street-journal","tag-the-10th-street-journal","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\n<\/span>The award was given for a program to reduce opioid overdoses and provide long-term treatment options for people struggling with addiction.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The Office of Emergency Services received a $1,000 award, which was donated to the Vic Pearson Memorial Fund. The fund was established in April 1995 in memory of Pearson, a paramedic with Durham County EMS who died after complications from cancer surgery.<\/span><\/p>\n