Linear and Pro Tech Help Secure DC Fire & Emergency Medical Services
When it comes to saving lives, every first responder knows that seconds can make the difference between life and death. That’s why, when Maryland-based security dealer Pro Tech Systems was tasked by the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services to develop a technology-secured ‘safe’ to transport DEA Schedule II substances on its fleet of emergency service vehicles, they turned to Nortek Security & Control’s Linear brand for the key-fob access technology to make it happen.
Leveraging Linear access control, Pro Tech Systems’ NARCLOK II safe helps securely transport highly addictive drugs, like morphine, that were once banned from being stored on emergency vehicles. “Seventeen years ago, D.C. Fire and EMS stopped allowing drugs like morphine to be transported after several incidents in which the drugs were stolen and replaced by saline,” explained Pro Tech Systems President Joe Bacarella. “This actually compromised the emergency response. What the department needed was a truly secure safe, with technology that would allow access to the drugs only to those authorized, while tracking who opened and accessed the drugs. With the Linear access control solution more lives are saved every day because of the timely access to these drugs on board each EMS vehicle.”