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11 <br /> I Slide #12 <br /> Public Safety <br /> • EMS Revenue-Collected by Tax Administration <br /> Emergency Med iu I Services Charges <br /> eam� <br /> umaaoo <br /> uam� <br /> sl.smmo — <br /> sinmamo <br /> mmeo-unmseorc�u e�m <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 2 21- <br /> 3 <br /> 03 <br /> 4 Slide #13 <br /> Public Safety <br /> • Emergency Services—page 200 <br /> —Emergency Medical Services Performance Measures <br /> EMSC.1I,fur Se6i Av %p Whee1,R.MZTime <br /> uom esr <br /> nv <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 5 21 tit HT]1 GIE6L[NA <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Commissioner Greene asked if there is a reason for the increase in the Average Wheels <br /> 8 Rolling Time in FY19. <br /> 9 Kim Woodward, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Operations Manager, said there <br /> 10 was an intervention in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She said EMS staff pushed to have the best time <br /> 11 in the state, and the standard is 1 minute 30 seconds. She said staff has started checking in <br /> 12 once en route, which is an actual wheels rolling time, as opposed to talking on the radio in the <br /> 13 station. <br /> 14 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the meaning of"EMS Calls for Service" could be <br /> 15 clarified. <br /> 16 Kim Woodward said these calls include every time the wheels roll on an ambulance, and <br /> 17 the call originates from 911. She said this could be an actual call for service, a call for standby, <br /> 18 and move-ups, to aid in low coverage in one area of the county. She said this also includes <br /> 19 calls for mutual aid in another county. <br /> 20 Commissioner Hamilton asked if the "Average Wheels Rolling Time" is the time between <br /> 21 when EMS receives the call from 911 to the time they start moving the ambulance. <br /> 22 Kim Woodward said yes. <br /> 23 Travis Myren resumed the PowerPoint presentation: <br /> 24 <br /> 25 <br /> 26 <br /> 27 <br />