American Red Cross emergency vehicle comes to Cheney

By BECKY THOMAS

Staff Reporter

Emergencies can happen at any time, in any place. The American Red Cross is better prepared to handle emergencies thanks to their fleet of 12 Emergency Communications Response Vehicles (ECRV).

One of the vehicles is based in Spokane, and came to Cheney last week during a meeting of the Cheney Rotary Club.

ECRV driver/operator Ken Hemmelman said the vehicles have significantly improved the Red Cross' ability to respond to emergencies since they were deployed in the early 2000s.

“These are designed to go into a disaster and we can set up a communication center in t...