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District Board Minutes
VTEMSD#3 Board Meeting for January 12, 2006
Meeting called to order at 1838 by Chair Mike O’Neil, at
the St. Michael’s College Fire & Rescue, Inc. Sutton Fire Station. In
attendance:
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BOARD MEMBERS |
REPRESENTATIVE |
ALTERNATE |
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Burlington Fire Dept/Chair |
Mike O'Neil |
Mike Richard |
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Champlain Valley Expo |
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Charlotte Rescue |
Brian Bast |
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Colchester Center Volunteer FC |
Rich Pouliot |
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Colchester Rescue |
Mike Akerlind |
Amy Akerlind |
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Essex Fire Dept/Training Coord |
Jason Ziter |
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Essex Junction Fire Dept |
Jim Kellogg |
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Essex Rescue |
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Craig Butkis |
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FACT |
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Robin Joseph-Robar |
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FAHC |
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Robin Joseph-Robar |
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FAHC Medical Direction |
Wendy James, MD |
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Grand Isle Rescue |
Deb Baron |
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Hinesburg Fire Dept |
Chris Putnam |
Al Barber |
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Huntington Fire Dept |
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IBM Rescue |
Lee Jones |
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Lamoille Ambulance Service |
Richard Harmon |
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Malletts Bay Fire Dept |
Mark Ploof |
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Milton Rescue/Vice Chair |
Darren Adams |
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Richmond Rescue |
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Lee Jones |
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Shelburne Rescue |
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South Burlington Fire Dept |
Doug Brent |
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South Hero Rescue |
Rae Patrick |
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St. Michael's Rescue |
Beth Thomas |
Peggy Matthews |
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UVM Rescue |
Heather Friend |
Jerry Beaudry |
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Vergennes Area Rescue Squad |
Allison Rimmer |
Chuck Welch |
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Vermont Air Nat'l Guard FD |
Jim Laskarzewski |
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Williston Fire Dept |
Scott Jacobs |
Ken Morton |
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VISITORS |
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Essex Rescue/Treasurer |
Peggy McCabe |
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St. Mike's Rescue/Clerk |
Kate Soons |
Pete Soons |
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IREMS |
Pat Malone |
Jackie Goss |
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VT Homeland Security |
Melissa Jenkins |
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INTRODUCTIONS
(O’Neil)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (O’Neil)
- Motion to approve the minutes as published
(Brent/Baron). Motion approved.
CORRESPONDENCE (O’Neil)
- Memorandum from VDH, VTEMS re: Statewide protocols;
warning period until January 30, 2006. Final approval 2/28/06. Draft
available on VTEMS website
- Policy draft for single EMT legal crew; directed
toward low membership, rural services; would require District Medical
Advisor approval…..will circulate draft and collate comments to Chair
O’Neil. Clerk to circulate once rec’d;
discuss at February meeting
TREASURY (McCabe)
- Treasurer’s report:
- $13,271 checking account (Boundtree bill paid)
- VTEMSD#3 post office box
- Where is the best location? No discussion. Essex
is acceptable.
- Motion to accept the treasurer’s report (Brent/Ziter).
Motion approved.
MEDICAL DIRECTION (James)
- Interviewed for position of VTEMSD#3 Medical Director
- Medication Quality Assurance Plan compliance status –
reviewing rec’d plans
- Number of individuals responding to a call a recent
concern; seven responders seems excessive. (Malone) What type of call was
it? (James) Nothing that required seven individuals. Is there a maximum?
(Ziter) Number of seatbelts in the vehicle. (James) Food for thought.
- (Ziter) What are your thoughts on the blood-clotting
products? (James) It would be very acceptable to investigate. (Ziter) Dr.
Crookes mentioned it at a recent trauma conference. (James)
We will look into it before implementation.
- (Rimmer) What is the status of the blood draw
equipment? With the implementation of glucometers, we are rarely drawing
blood. (Ziter) Services may restock blood draw supplies from ED; a small
supply is all that is needed.
FAHC (Pacy)
- EMS Room – counters will be installed; and computers
are ready for installation. We need people to use the EMS Room. The ED
Communication Center is not an appropriate spot for EMS providers to use.
There are too many HIPPA and operational issues. We have heard that radio
reception is an issue. We have tested the room several times with success.
If there is a problem, please let us know in a timely fashion. We are
working on getting a scanner for the room; but in the interim, there is a
telephone present.
- Blankets – increased the number delivered for winter
- DCON Room – more brushes for cleaning backboards, etc.
- Linen Carts/Red bag waste – in the DCON room
- (Welch) Broom frequently missing, mop head frequently
very dirty; who is responsible for changing the water? (Pacy) We can
replace the broom; FAHC does not use brooms. Please feel free to change the
water in the DCON room.
- (Ackerlind) Central telephone number for issues?
802-847-3645. Clerk to prep bulletin board.
- (McCabe) EMS Room is very hot. (Soons) Tell charge RN
to page facilities.
- (Baron) Occasionally we need help with lifting the
patient out of the rig. We usually ask for help via the ED Comm Center.
Over the last month, a few crew members have had a less than receptive
response from the ED Comm Center. Is asking inappropriate? (Pacy) No, that
is not inappropriate at all.
TRAINING (Ziter)
- FR-ECA (Putnam) – going well,
testing in February
- EMT-B (Ziter) – going well
- Course proposals
- Upcoming trainings opportunities
- (Malone) Spring ’06 EMT-B
Refresher Course – cancelled due to lack of enrollment, six applications
received; postponed until minimum met.
- (Malone) Spring ’06 EMT-B
(twice weekly) Course – full at 24 students, start date is January
Tuesday. A few services sent in applications for students that have not
finished high school. The policy is that those students are eligible
for the summer EMT-B course.
- (Malone/Goss) Spring ’06 EMT-I
Course – 8 applications thus far, start date is early April
- Certification/recertification
issues
- EMT-B & -I initial
certification testing: Saturday January 14, 2006
- Each service should send
qualified evaluators if you have
- (Baron) What is the final
determination for the EMT-I candidates fulfilling the ventilation
requirement? (Soons) That was communicated directly to the students via
email this week; they are all set to test.
- T.O. MEETING:
- Scholarship: Ad Hoc
committee to investigate the development of a scholarship to send a
District member to a national EMS conference (i.e. EMS Today)
- Safety: BC Williams brought
up the need for increased safety training
- Training Opportunities:
Schedule quarterly training, perhaps unique topics (i.e. NHTSA EMS
safety training), rotate location around the District
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (Adams)
- Response List (Adams) – no discussion
- MCI (Adams) – no discussion
- LEPC (Barber)
- PDA program – no discussion
- VCOM (VT Communications Committee) presentation
postponed to next month
- HSU/Grants (Jenkins)
- ’06 Grants out to locals in June; lots of
cuts; peer review, capability review; this year we do not know how
much money we have, nor what we can use it for. Focus will be more
regional and collaborative.
- Program audits coming to individual
organizations
- ’05 grants do not expire until December 31,
2006
- (O’Neil) Any questions, feel free to call the
State, very helpful.
ADMINISTRATION (Soons)
- Nominations Committee to be named at the February
meeting 2/09/06
- Input regarding Out of Service Policy – email to
katesoons@adelphia.net
PUBLIC INFORMATION (Ziter)
OLD BUSINESS (O’Neil)
NEW BUSINESS (O’Neil)
- (Baron) NIMS – VTEMS Office is to gather our records,
how do we ensure compliance? (Jenkins) Suggestion is that HSU keep the
records. (Baron) HSU is 12 weeks behind in sending out certificates, so
retain your letter.
Meeting adjourned at 1910 hrs. Next meetings:
- Administration Committee Thursday February 9, 2006
1730 hrs
- VTEMSD#3 Board Thursday February 9, 2006 at 1830 hrs
in the usual locations, SMC, Tarrant Sport Center, Hall of Fame Room
Respectfully submitted on 1/21/06,
Kate Soons, Clerk
katesoons@adelphia.net
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