The Kansas City Fire Department’s Citizen Assist Program, or CAP, started as a pilot program in 2006 and recently got a major grant to continue and expand. CAP targets people who have “fallen through the cracks,” said program originator Richard Gist, principal assistant to Fire Chief Smokey Dyer.
Fire Department Program Reduces Emergency Calls
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