Departments Develop Protocol To Ensure Safety

The Pembroke city police and fire departments have developed a protocol for dealing with marijuana growing operations. Fire Chief Rheaume Chaput and Const. Dillon Gerundin of the city police outlined the protocol to the operations committee of city council recently.

The protocol covers a number of scenarios, including a fire in a grow op or providing for fire department support during police raids of grow ops. Const. Gerundin said houses or other buildings are modified to accommodate the growing operations.

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