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Comprehensive Assessment of Emergency Medical Services
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<br /> DRAFT REPORT and 911/Communications Center Operations Study
<br /> R-6.Staff&equip three (3) 12 hour/7 day ALS ambulances at appropriate staging/base facility
<br /> locations proximate to (1)Zones 1&2, (2)Zones 7&5,and (3)Zones 6&8.
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<br /> statutory responsibility of providing the same level of ,i., '6.,. I
<br /> EMS care to all areas of the County 24 hours per day, this -.. -21. {'
<br /> recommendation, once acted upon, will demonstrate a r--r«_.�7741-j-i ? `'- i .._''ts
<br /> significant step in that direction. r� l 1,F!....IA�. I -�.:\ f„; . I
<br /> And, while the EMS Base Facilities issue will be addressed ( /.__4- - 4:4 , „c,. __c specifically in recommendations R-8 through R-12, the 3 ;'r„ ^t�: (: .. 5 ..,
<br /> strategic placement of those facilities will need to ., -t- ,,,..,- i ,;;, .r:7
<br /> coincide closely with this recommendation. Ultimately, it ' 7 ' �';ki ;? Jr -
<br /> will be recommended that the County provide no less '� -L, i-ri w r F `,,,,,,,_:.7,..,»
<br /> than nine (9) EMS base station facilities, preferably one 7 - � ,
<br /> within each of the nine zones identified in this map and f ',` 0 ` ,1 „ �7..a�� �
<br /> in larger scale on page 41. i ( n ws a ` } `
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<br /> The basis for suggesting that the additional ambulances `= 1f" F a `'
<br /> along with accompanying personnel and equipment be �4 � � ';
<br /> provided within each of 3 "pairs" of two zones each `"�" '© ,fq
<br /> included that: -,( -4f7� �JL'�- s' L 3 '`'. r�
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<br /> • Each of the total of six zones identified have tw _,__.;__N.
<br /> among if not the slowest EMS response times in
<br /> the County.
<br /> • Each of the"paired"zones is adjacent to one another.
<br /> • The location of an EMS station within one of the two adjacent zones initially, will improve
<br /> response times to incidents in both zones, (although perhaps only "somewhat" improved in the
<br /> zone without the station).
<br /> • As will be noted in Section 6-Implementation Schedule,the development of the EMS stations will
<br /> require careful study as to location as well as scheduling of the capital and operating costs
<br /> identified; these initially "shared" EMS base stations will permit the County to phase the
<br /> development of future stations.
<br /> R-7. Hire a Paramedic Level Shift Supervisor @ 24/7.
<br /> The additional EMS personnel to be hired that correspond with the recommendations presented thus
<br /> far, to address the Availability of Ambulances and Response Time issues discussed, will warrant an
<br /> additional 24 hour/7 day Shift Supervisor position by Year 4 as identified in the Implementation
<br /> Schedule provided in Section 6.
<br /> The relief factor calculations in Subsection 4.4, page 76, identified a multiplier of 5.1 per 24 hour
<br /> position to enable 8,760 hours of coverage 24/7/365. In addition to personnel, a vehicle (typically SUV)
<br /> up-fitted to provide two-way radio and computer communications with the Communications Center and
<br /> on-duty Medic Units in the field, and GPS and AVL equipment will be required as well.
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