Minutes 10/19/1989 EMS ADVISORY COUNCIL
October 19 , 1989
Present: E. Watson
R. D'Orazio
J. Aguilera
P. Hedrich
G. Barton
J. Reardon
J. Ortega
B. Griffin
D. Becker
D. Flagg
J. Poczynski
Reorganization
Jay Reardon presented a general structure for the reorganization
of the department. This is a proposal which still must be
approved by the County Manager and many of the details have not
been worked out. There will be two supervisors per shift, one on
the road as a second person, the other in the office. The next
month they would switch positions. The supervisors would also
only be assigned four or five crews each. The supervisors would
report to the new position of Field Services Manager who reports
to the Director.
The flight medic program will remain generally the same as it is
now. The plan is to train three designated flight medics and have
them train three additional flight medics.
The position of Training Officer will be eliminated and replaced
with the Field.Services Manager.
s.. ; The Administrative Officer position will be replaced by the
position of Support Services Manager who reports to the Director.
4,z„ The field instructors positions have been eliminated and their.
duties absorbed by the field supervisors.
fAl °:positions, ,4the six,flight medics, Field Services Manager,
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..-,support services -'Manager,-;.and all.:six field supervisors positions
areyopen to anyone who want* to. apply. An independent outside
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rm 'will be hired to conduct testing stations based: on the
position applied for. Results -from the applicants testing
stations would be combined and all applicants ranked accordingly.
The results of the selection process would be presented to George
and Jay who will make the final selection. The criteria for the
selection process will be made available in advance to anyone who
is interested.
Jay asked if the council would endorse the general idea of
reorganization. The council voted 4-1 in favor of it.
The next step is for Jay to present this to the County Manager for
his approval. No date has been set for implementation of this
program.
EMS Picnic
The picnic has been postponed to November 11 and 12 . Juan Ortega
will put forth a payroll memo with details.
SMOKING
At the October council meeting the council voted to ban smoking in
all stations. The Director has accepted this proposal and a
policy memo will be sent out.
IMMOKALEE SINK
A sink to wash dirty equipment etc. , will be installed in the
kitchen closet. County maintenance has advised this is the only
acceptable location due to building codes, water lines, etc.
MEDIC 9 STAFFING
Six paramedic positions are budgeted for Medic 9. These will be
filled internally with the newly vacated EMT positions being
replaced with EMT's. It is possible that these EMT positions will
be filled with the stipulation that applicants must become
paramedics within a specified time period. This applies only to
new applicants and not to the current staff of EMT' s.
RENTING VIDEOS
If you rent videos, please attempt to return them the same day and
not ,leave them for the oncoming crews.
LEAVE;'POLICY
;Y:✓;" A suggestion was submitted to increase the number of hours off per
shift: from 48 to 96. George advised this would not be possible '
during thie "budget year as only 4$ hours have been budgeted. In
iv'x- the "1919 °•bu et,- EMS will ask for an increase in these numbers.
ALS IDT ,OC4OPEB
There was a discussion concerning #LS response in Ochopee. The
-consensus'-vas :the current policy was adequate. The Only
modification is that we will respond an ALS ground unit
automatically in situations where there is the potential for more
than one patient, such as Signal 4, explosion, etc.
MOTOR POOL
Crews who experience difficulty in getting vehicles worked on,
improperly fixed, finding a mechanic, or having to wait for the
mechanic to finish a non-EMS vehicle, etc. , must notify MC-5
immediately and note date, times etc. , for an incident report.
The new Motor Pool contractor should be giving a similar level of
service as the previous contractor.
ADVISORY COUNCIL MAILBOX
There is a box on Diane' s typewriter desk for any correspondence
for the advisory council.
The next meeting will be at 10:00 AM on 11/14/89 at H.Q.
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