By EMS1 Staff
ST. LOUIS — EMS providers teamed up with the police department to help assess the homeless people who were out in the cold.
FOX2 Now reported that the St. Louis police department and EMS providers checked on homeless people every night who were not in shelters and determined if they were hypothermic or had frost bite from the below-zero wind chill, according to Officer Larry Dampier.
Director of Human Services Irene Agustin said a collaborative effort between the city and nonprofit organizations also resulted in shuttles that transport homeless people to warming shelters and churches.