This page contains information, resources and links relevant to different agencies.
New resources will be added as they become available.
POLICE
FIRE
The following resources have been developed by Vancouver Fire Rescue Services. You may use or adapt these resources for your department.
PARAMEDIC
Interim Guidance for First Responders: Opioid Misuse – Alberta Health Services EMS
Opioid Safety Webcast – Paramedic Chiefs of Canada
HAZMAT
Fentanyl Danger Labels (to print using Avery 05970 fluorescent pink labels or similar)
Job aids on this page are currently not covered under the website’s Creative Commons license.
LINKS AND RESOURCES
About Fentanyl and Analogues
- What is Fentanyl?
- Acetyl Fentanyl (Analogue) – Drug Enforcement Administration (USA)
- List of Fentanyl Analogues
- Fentanyl – Drug Enforcement Administration (USA)
- Carfentanil
- Fentanyl Exposure, Protection, and Treatment Myths and Facts (Health Canada)
- Exposition, protection et traitement Mythes et réalités au sujet du fentanyl (Santé Canada)
Websites for General Public
In the Media: Articles and Videos
- BC paramedic has secret to showing compassion for every overdose patient (CBC)
- Inside St. Paul’s ER: The front line of B.C.’s overdose crisis (CKNW)
- Ask An Addict (Calgary Police)
- Eight overdoses in 20 minutes: The night fentanyl-tainted cocaine almost devastated a B.C. town. (National Post)
- Fentanyl: A Real Threat to Law Enforcement (DEA)
- Fentanyl Training for First Responders (Global News BC)
- Fentanyl is also Dangerous for Law Enforcement Officers and Dogs (Forbes)
- The Drug Deadlier that Heroin (Vice)
- The New Face of Fentanyl Addiction: Kati’s Story (CBC news)