The Ōmārama community, holiday homeowners, and other regular visitors to Ōmārama are being urged to attend this month’s public forum to discuss the ongoing issues the town’s first response is having with being turned out to all medical emergencies. Medical call-outs make up about half of the Ōmārama Volunteer Fire Brigade and First Response calls each year. Ōmārama's population swells to more than treble the size at holiday times as holiday houses and camping grounds fill. Ōmārama Co-Response [First Response] Trust spokesperson Craig Dawson is urging the community to come out in force and support its first response team “in their desire to help save lives and provide better outcomes for people in need of urgent medical assistance”... >>> continue reading <<< Photo: Jack Zorab