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By EMS1 Staff
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — The Crawfordsville Fire Department’s nationally-recognized Mobile Integrated Health Community Paramedicine Program recently received funding from the Montgomery County Council on Aging to purchase four Knox Boxes.
A Knox Box is a secure key vault that mounts over the door of a residential property and inside is a key to the resident’s home. The only keys available to open the Knox Box are in possession of the fire department. When there is an emergency, the fire department can access the key safe and use the resident’s key to enter the home safely with minimal barriers, no damage to windows or doors, and reduced potential for injury.
The paramedicine program has implemented numerous MIH-CP programs in chronic disease management, high-risk maternal and infant healthcare, and a Quick Response Team that works with frequent fallers, substance use, and behavioral health patients to protect citizens cradle to grave. The program has provided senior citizens with Knox Boxes and smoke detectors.
