ATMENT FOR
RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED IT.
THEY HOPE TO KICK THINGS OFF
THIS WEEK.
THE HOOKSETT FIRE DEPARTMENT
OFFERING ITS SERVICES TO THOSE
STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION.
THE FIRE CAPTAIN AND HIS
COLLEAGUES LAUNCHING THE SAFE
STATION INITIATIVE PROGRAM HERE
IN TOWN.
>> THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS FAIRLY
SIMPLE.
THOSE LOOKING TO INITIATE THE
FIRST STEP TOWARDS RECOVERY CAN
COME TO EITHER ONE OF THE FIRE
STATIONS IN HOOKSETT WHERE THEY
WILL RECEIVE A MEDICAL SCREEN
AND THEN THEY WILL BE
TRANSPORTED TO SERENITY PLACE IN
MANCHESTER.
TIM: IT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS BUT
THE PROGRAM WILL BE BROUGHT TO
LIGHT ON WEDNESDAY.
THE SAFE STATION WILL BE RUN
SIMILAR TO OTHERS SAY STATION
PROGRAMS ALREADY UNDERWAY IN
OTHER CITIES SUCH AS MANCHESTER.
>> WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WAS
OFFER THE SAME TYPE OF PROGRAM.
BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AN ACCESS
POINT FOR RECOVERING TREATMENT
AND SERVICES.
TIM: THE STATION WILL TEAM UP
WITH SERENITY PLACE WHICH HAS
BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
MANCHESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND
THEIR SAFE STATION PROGRAM.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
SERENITY PLACE SAY THEY WILL
OFFER THE SAME RESOURCES AS THEY
DO IN MANCHESTER.
>> MEDICAL, LEGAL, AND FAMILY
ISSUES.
WE ARE TRYING TO REMOVE
BARRIERS.
TIM: IT IS ALL PART OF A
STATEWIDE EFFORT TO STOP THE
OPIOID CRISIS HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>> THE DRIVE BEHIND THIS WAS THE
OPIOID PROBLEM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
BUT ANY TYPE OF DRUGS, WHETHER
IT IS ALCOHOL, OPIATES,
METHAMPHETAMINES, ANY TYPE OF
DRUGS OF ABUSE WE CAN HELP WITH.
TIM: IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE
SERENITY PLACE DOES NOT PROVIDE
BEDS FOR THOSE TREATING --
SEEKING TREATMENT.
IT IS AN OUTPATIENT SERVICE THAT
