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Lisle Woodridge Fire District
Firefighter/Paramedic Brian Fitzgerald has been selected to join Dr.
Debra Drengenberg of Dixon, Illinois - Lynn McCoy, RN of Amboy,
Illinois - Beth Fiorini, MS, RN of Rock Falls, Illinois - Jean
Zinnen, LPN of Morrison, Illinois - Heidi Taylor, RN of Sebring,
Florida and an interpreter to provide medical care near the National
Palace at Port au Prince.
Organizing this effort is Mike Zurn, Assistant
Director of Haiti Bible Mission. “Brian comes with 25 years of
emergency response training and experience. Everyone on the team is
expecting a lot from Brian on this relief mission.” Zurn said.
The group plans to depart from Chicago - O’Hare
on February 7th and arrive in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,
later that evening. The next morning they will take ground
transportation across the border and head for Port au Prince.
Assisting the group will be Youth With A Mission. The team plans to
return on February 14th.
“The medical community has been so supportive
in outfitting our medical team with plenty of supplies and
medications - things that will enable us to help some hurting
people.” said Dr. Drengenberg, a family practice physician from
Dixon, Illinois who was among the first to volunteer for the team.
For more information on this effort please log
into www.haitibiblemission.org or for other fire prevention issues
contact us at 630-353-3030.
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