Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 1 <br /> 2 <br />Public Safety 3 <br />• Emergency Services – page 200 4 <br />o Total expenditure budget - $11,816,610 5 <br />– Total County Costs Increased by $455,091 from FY2019-20 6 <br />Budget 7 <br />o Emergency Management Planner 8 <br />– Added by Reclassification in FY2019-20 to Assist in COVID 9 <br />Response 10 <br />o Recurring Capital - $198,000 11 <br />– Ambulance Outfitting, Equipment Replacement 12 <br />– Approximately the Same as FY2019-20 13 <br />o 911 Software Upgrade - $190,000 14 <br />– Mandatory due to VIPER Changes 15 <br /> 16 <br />Public Safety 17 <br />• EMS Revenue – Collected by Tax Administration (graph) 18 <br /> 19 <br />Public Safety 20 <br />• Emergency Services – page 200 21 <br />o Community Paramedic Program Performance 22 <br />o Population Served 23 <br />– Falls at Home 24 <br />– Congestive Heart Failure & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary 25 <br />Disease (COPD/Emphysema) 26 <br />– Substance Abuse/Overdose Follow-up 27 <br />o Program Outcomes 28 <br />– 27 Unique Patients; 39 Total Visits 29 <br />– Community Paramedic Visits Suspended due to COVID-19 30 <br />– Patients with One (1) Initial Encounter Did Not Call 911 Again with 31 <br />Same Complaint 32 <br /> 33 <br />Public Safety 34 <br />• Emergency Services – page 200 35 <br />– Emergency Medical Services Performance Measures (graph) 36 <br /> 37 <br />Commissioner Dorosin referred to the two full time community paramedic positions only 38 <br />doing 39 visits, and said that seemed low to him. 39 <br />Dinah Jeffries, EMS Director, said she did not hire the positions until mid September, 40 <br />and one was a re-classification, and one was a new hire. She said they did not start visits until 41 <br />October/November, and then Covid-19 hit and they were pulled to do duty at the EOC. 42 <br />Commissioner Dorosin said he was wondering if this is the best use of these services. 43 <br /> 44 <br />Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: 45 <br /> 46 <br />Public Safety 47 <br />• Emergency Services – page 200 48 <br />– Emergency Medical Services Wheels Rolling Time (graph) 49 <br /> 50