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Next on New Hampshire Outlook. SOT of siren. Emergency medical services. what's it like to be on the other end of a 9-1-1 call. plus. startling statistics a UNH study reveals that fewer than 60 percent of jobs in New Hampshire pay a livable wage for a single person, AND.the beauty of the ballet.a holiday tradition for a good cause |
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Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Richard Ager filling in for Allison McNair. |
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If you're single and working in New Hampshire, the chances are 4 in 10 that you don't make enough to live on. That's one of the findings of a new study by the University of New Hampshire and the North Country Council. The study calculated the basic needs of a household including food, rent, utilities, child care and health care. Some other disturbing findings: only 13 percent of jobs in southern New Hampshire and 8 percent in the north provide a living wage for a single parent with two small children. I was joined earlier by Janice Kitchen, director of UNH's Office of Economic Initiatives which directed the study. |
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For more information or to get a copy of living wage study, you can visit the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center website and click on "news." |
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Most people know when there is any kind of emergency, they should call 911. But the service that responds to your call can depend on where you live. Around the state, many departments - particulary those that rely on volunteers - are struggling to keep pace with change. Recently, I spent a day with two very different EMS units to see how EMS - Emergency Medical Services - are being delivered, and how the continuing role of volunteers is being shaped by developments in medicine and technology. |
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Soundup: Portsmouth tape 1 01;00:48 ** there's an LPG ship coming in tomorrow - it's got 20,000 tons of LPG - and the Coast Guard wants us to stand by on the water with it Track: As with most modern fire departments, Portsmouth firefighters spend most of their time responding to non-fire emergencies. A recent day was pretty typical, beginning with an overturned car and a trapped passenger. soundup: Portsmouth tape 1 20:38 "What's the plan here? We taking her out that door?" Track: Once on the scene, everyone assumed their assigned roles. A paramedic went into the vehicle to check the injury. One engine crew stabilized the car while the other engine company brought the rescue tool known as the Jaws of Life. soundup: Portsmouth tape 1 24:30 passenger lifted out - audio at 24;40 - patient is approximately 45 year old female, conscious and orientated, I'll get you vital signs and treatment as soon as we get in ambulance - any questions or instructions?" Standup: Even 20 years ago, a typical response to an accident or emergency was an ambulance driven by someone who knew first aid. That person would provide some limited care, load you in the ambulance, and drive as fast as possible to the nearest hospital. Bite: Portsmouth tape 2 3:28 Take that same situation right now, you have an injury, or a medical illness, you call 911 and you're guaranteed someone's coming in a set amount of time. They're sending an engine and an ambulance with firefighters that are trained at an EMT or paramedic level. They're going to come to your aid - they're not going to rush, they're going to intervene appropriately to stabilize your situation, put you in the ambulance and provide advanced life support as needed, and travel to the hospital. And now the hospitals are trauma centers. soundup: Portsmouth tape 2 02:24:49 ** "Ya - go to the front of the building - get up on the second floor…" Track: The next call - a kitchen fire that resulted in more smoke than flame. Then it was on to a restaurant to take a young mentally handicapped woman needing restraint to the hospital. Soundup: Portsmouth tape 3 03:03:50 going down corridor - knocking on door Track: Then, on to an apartment for a self-reported drug overdose. During the short ride to the hospital, the team attached an IV, drew blood, hooked up the cardiac monitor, and provided oxygen. Soundup: Portsmouth tape 3 03:06;00 ** entering hospital - Track: And then it's time for paperwork - filling out a report for each patient. Bite: Portsmouth tape 3 03:09;00 SO YOU REALLY DEAL WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A MENTAL CONDITION AS WELL AS PHYSICAL THINGS LIKE A BROKEN LEG? Oh yeah - the whole gamut - mental problems, trauma - everything. Track: The Portsmouth EMS Units will respond to over 6,000 calls this year. Like most urban departments, it does not use volunteers. Bite: Portsmouth tape 3 03:19:08 It's one of those hot issues that you can't - you just take sides - obviously I'm on the full time side since that's what I do for a living and if I come out and say volunteers can do it all, then I'm out of a job. But I don't think they can. So, having full-time coverage is the best way to go since you know you're guaranteed that someone is going to show up. Bite: Legislature tape 14:08;10 If you ask me that question, I'd be happy to have anybody come and help me. Track: As the state coordinator of EMS, Suzanne Prentiss spends much of her time working on ways to assist the 62% of New Hampshire EMS units that rely on volunteers. Bite: Legislature tape 14:01:54 Where we're seeing a problem in NH - and this is true nationwide - especially during the daytime, where careers have taken people from their communities and actually they're working outside their communities. We have less and less people available to respond, unless they're responding from a business, to come from their home during the daytime because they're someplace else working or they're home with children. That's what's been increasing the response time and making it more difficult to meet the golden hour. Standup: The golden hour is the critical period following the trauma - when medical care must begin. Every delay in response cuts into that hour. Track: In 1996, with response times becoming a problem, the town of Lancaster hired Tom Blanchette as it's first full-time EMS director. Bite: Lancaster tape 1 01;14:35 It was getting to 10-15 minutes before the truck could get out the door, because they were waiting for someone to get over here, or get out of work, close their shop or whatever to get the call. soundup: Lancaster tape 2 02:02:21:38 ** "They are advising that the patient fell at around quarter to five this morning. They just found her. Unknown conscious and breathing." Track: Now it takes less than 3 minutes to get an ambulance on the road - and about 12 minutes to get to the call. Respectable numbers, considering the Lancaster department covers 3 towns in New Hampshire and 5 towns in Vermont. It does so with 3 full-time members and 43 volunteers. Bite: Lancaster tape 1 01:28;38 I get the satisfaction that I'm helping people. I know that I'm helping my neighbor - caring for them and I'm being there when they need help. Track: Statewide training programs and a unified 911 system that channels all emergency calls through Concord have helped rural and volunteer departments keep up with the pace of change. And whether volunteer or full-time, EMS providers share pride in their work. Bite: Portsmouth tape 3 03:23:54 When people have a problem, they call us, whatever the problem. And we show up and find a solution. Bite: Lancaster tape 1 01:30:01 When you're in the mud, and the water's freezing cold, and you're getting rained on - but you're there with people you can trust and really trust your life to; it really means a lot. Bite: Lancaster tape 1 01:22:00 I think it is important for people in NH to understand if it is not a paid full time staff; it's always a professional staff. Whether it is the guy down the street that pumps your gas or the guy that cooks your food at the restaurant, or the receptionist down the road, all these people are part of the system, and just because they don't jump out of the truck in shinny new uniform doesn't mean they aren't professionals. All of NH should really give thanks to the volunteers and the employers who let them go, if it wasn't for them letting the volunteers go we'd be really strapped. Soundup: Lancaster tape 3 02:24;50 Siren on - in ambulance - radio chatter "Okay 14-10" |
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For a perspective on emergency services statewide I spoke earlier with Suzanne Prentiss, the state's EMS coordinator and Tom Blanchette, the EMS Director for Lancaster. We began with taking stock of how far we've come since the days when most ambulances were operated by funeral homes. |
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For More Information\Division of Emergency Medical Services www.state.nh.us/safety/ems |
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In business news. more indications that the recession might be bottoming out. Mortgage rates are up to a five-month high. The mortgage company Freddie Mac says its weekly survey shows that 30-year fix rate mortgages are averaging seven point 17 percent. It says the rates have been inching higher along with the bond market. Mortgage rates track Treasury Bonds. |
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On wall street Thursday, the stock averages all lost ground. The Dow ended down 85 points. The Nasdaq dropped 64 points. And the S and P 500 lost more than nine and a-half. Dow Jones Industrials\9985.18\-85.31\NYSE\583.26\-1.86\AMSE \825.83\-5.02\Nasdaq\1918.54\-64.35\S&P 500\1139.93\-9.63\Wall Street \ |
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Here's a look at stocks of interest to New Hampshire investors. Anheuser Bush was up a dollar- twelve. Autodesk dropped by two dollars and 21 cents, followed by Sanmina which fell a dollar 90. Teradyne slipped a dollar 56. And Texas Instrument finished the day down one dollar and 40 cents. |
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It was a mixed bag out there Thursday. We checked in earlier with Meteorologist Nicole Plette at the Mt. Washington Observatory to see what's in store for the end of the week. |
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Mount Washington Observatory\Thursday On The Summit\Foggy and snowy\High: 22 degrees\Peak gust: 40 mph\Visibility: near zero Overnight\North\Occasional snow\Accumulations: 1 to 2"\Lows: mid 20s\Winds: NW 10 to 15 mph Overnight\South\Snow changing to flurries\Accumulations: 1" or less\Lows: upper 20s\Winds: NW 10 to 15 mph Friday\North\Windy \Chance of snow showers\Accumulations: 2 to 4"\Winds: N 15 to 25 mph Friday\South\Mostly cloudy and windy\Chance of flurries\Highs: low 30s\Winds: NW 15 to 25 mph |
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The stage is set for the Seacoast Ballet Company's annual production of the Nutcracker. Wednesday night we were given a sneak peek at the annual Christmas Ballet, which Colleen and Larry Robertson have now put on for 19 years. This year, all ticket proceeds will be donated to the Jimmy Fund. Colleen Robertson explains the decision to donate was an easy one. |
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The Seacoast Ballet company's production of the Nutcracker will run this Friday through Sunday at The University of New Hampshire. If you would like directions or ticket information you can call 603-659-2051. |
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The Nutcracker is just one holiday event you don't want to miss. Here's a look at our weekly arts calendar where we give you some tips for other great events going on around the granite state. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - Journalists from around the state join Ally McNair in our weekly roundtable analysis of the week's headlines. |
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That's it for this edition of our program. For all of us here at New Hampshire Public Television, I'm Richard Ager. Thanks for joining us. We'll see you next time on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Who will treat YOU in an emergency? Behind the scenes of the Granite State's EMS system tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Journalists from around the state give context and perspective to the week's headlines. Tonight at 10pm on New Hampshire Public Television. |
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Congressman John Sununu is heading to Afghanistan next month. Sununu will travel as part of a congressional delegation that will review requests for aid in rebuilding that country. Sununu says the aid, which will include funds for infrastructure, food and other humanitarian relief, will be essential to establishing a stable government for Afghanistan. |
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Early figures point to a record bear hunting season in New Hampshire this fall, but the deer kill was down, as predicted. Fish and Game says the unofficial count shows a record 524 black bears were taken, surpassing the previous record of 499 bears set in 1999. The deer kill was down about 16 percent from last year, with an unofficial count of just more than 91 hundred deer. Fish and Game says it expected the deer kill would be lower, after it imposed hunting restrictions because last winter was so hard on the deer herd. |
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North Country loggers are hoping to stay in business a little longer now that the purchase of 171,000 acres of forest land has been delayed three months. The land's owner put the loggers on notice to stop operations on December 28, two days before the Trust for Public Land was set to purchase the property. The loggers say the North Country economy depends on their work. |
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For information on our program, and links to our guests and interviews, visit our web site at nhptv.org. You can see and hear streaming video of our broadcasts. If you've got a story idea or comment on our program you can call us at 800-639-2721. |
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AP-NH--Conservation Plates dewho State says conservation plates are making a difference -- Governor Jeanne Shaheen says New Hampshire's new conservation license plates have given the state nearly 800 thousand dollars to pay for historical and conservation projects. More than 24 thousand people have bought the plates, which were introduced a year ago. The extra fees for conservation plates go into a fund for programs that conserve land, wildlife, historic sites, and cultural and natural resources. So far, money from the plates has helped repair two historic sites -- the John Wingate Weeks Estate in Lancaster and Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion in Portsmouth. The money also has been used to restore historic maps and portraits and to restore habitat for rare butterflies and birds. |
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Suzanne Prentiss and Tom Blanchette I'd like to thank you both for being here. |
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Tonight on a special edition of New Hampshire Outlook. the uplifting stories of New Hampshire people who are making a difference. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Lifetime Achievement Award Exhibit - Concord Fri, October 26, 2001 - Fri, December 21, 2001 Phone: 603-735-6420 Horse Drawn Wagon Rides - Franklin Thu, November 1, 2001 - Mon, December 31, 2001 Phone: 603-934-2738 Art For Holiday Giving - Portsmouth Wed, November 7, 2001 - Sun, January 6, 2002 Phone: 603-431-4230 Christmas in Canterbury - Canterbury Fri, November 23, 2001 - Mon, December 31, 2001 Phone: 603-783-9511 A North Country Sampler - Berlin Thu, November 29, 2001 - Sat, February 2, 2002 Phone: 603-752-7202 Woven In Time - Manchester Tue, December 11, 2001 - Tue, December 31, 2002 Phone: 603-622-7531 Nutcracker - Keene Sat, December 22, 2001 - Sun, December 23, 2001 Phone: 603-352-2033 Luminaria on the Common - Fitzwilliam Mon, December 24, 2001 Phone: 603-585-6940 Old Time Kitchen Junket - Canterbury dance Fri, December 28, 2001 Phone: 603-783-4719 Moonlight Cross Country Tour - Bretton Woods Sun, December 30, 2001 Phone: 603-278-3322 Ring In The New Year! - Laconia Mon, December 31, 2001 Phone: 603-524-8813 New Year's Eve Slopeside Celebration - Bretton Woods Mon, December 31, 2001 Phone: 603-278-3320 |
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Exeter-based Tyco International P-NH--Tyco-McGrath hmrdewho Tyco purchasing McGrath RentCorp for $482 million -- New Hampshire-based Tyco International is paying 482 million dollars for a California company that rents modular offices and classrooms. Under the deal announced today, McGrath RentCorp will become part of Tyco Capital, one of the Exeter company's subsidiaries. McGrath RentCorp rents and sells modular buildings in California and Texas. It is among the largest providers of modular classrooms for California school districts. Tyco is based in Bermuda but has its U-S headquarters in Exeter. The deal is subject to regulatory review and approval by shareholders. Tyco's business interests include the manufacturing of fire safety systems and electronics. |