City fire stations help combat drug addiction

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SAFE STATION: The PVD Safe Stations program allows those battling drug addiction to come to city fire stations to seek treatment or information. Speaking with Zach R. Kenyon, right, Providence Fire Department acting EMS chief, are firefighters Garrett Sullivan, left, and Alvin Urena. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
SAFE STATION: The PVD Safe Stations program allows those battling drug addiction to come to city fire stations to seek treatment or information. Speaking with Zach R. Kenyon, right, Providence Fire Department acting EMS chief, are firefighters Garrett Sullivan, left, and Alvin Urena. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
Between 2009 and 2016, more than 1,700 Rhode Islanders died from drug overdoses. This sobering statistic is from the Prevent Overdose Rhode Island action plan managed by Gov. Gina M. Raimondo’s Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. It is one of many reasons why Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, the Providence Fire Department, R.I. Department…

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