February 2010
Johnson County EMS Association
February 25, ·Meeting Notes
Hosted by:· Tiffin Fire & Rescue
Meeting was called to order by President Davis Dvorsky at 19:37
Motion by Kathy Riggle, 2nd by Tom trump to accept the December minutes as submitted electronically.· Motion Carried.
Treasurers Report:
- Current Balance of $15,534.53
It was decided/approved to have the Treasurer evaluate and investment for up to $5000.00 into a CD or like investment to gain some additional income for the Association.
- State Training Funds $5,310 spent, 7,494.00 remaining
$12,800 was the highest award amount in the state,· Association will be having a total of · $5000.00· coming back as well for the EMS registrations.· It was discussed about the need to · keep at least 3% or $360.00 of the state funds held in reserve.
- HRSA 10 Funds· $6882.88 spent, $617.12 remaining
We were awarded $7500.00 for Mass Causality/Disaster Training Preparedness ..these funds are
also being used for the first responder class to provide surge capacity in the event of a disaster.
- HHS Grant $10,000.00
Health Human Services Grant- Dave Dvorsky sent in a grant request was rejected but then··· ·········· received notice that we were in the next 4 to be granted and wanted to know if we could spend ······· $10,000.00 by August.· Dave shared the discussion about the potential to use funds toward the
purchase of a O2 generating system for filling O2 bottles, and asked for other big ticket items ········ others may have in mind as well.
Tom Trump questioned what the status was on purchasing misting fans for each dept to be used
for rehab.· Dave shared the cost of the fans are approximately $700.00 each for the 5 gal jug ········ option.· He also shared there is another style of mister on the market that is like a pedestal fan ··············· that attaches to a garden hose. Cost of these units are thought to be less than 1/2 the cost of the
other unit.· Ken Brown volunteered to research what options and cost are and determine which
style unit is best for each dept.
- EMS Saturday - profit of $3,187.63· = 48.6%
See documents at end for breakdown of current 2010 expenditures and a breakdown of EMS Expenses and receipts.
Old Business:
EMS Saturday:
2011 Committee is being established if interested in helping please feel free to let us know..... individuals showing an interest in help with the 2011 event were:
Shane Kron,· Kathy Riggle,· Tom Trump - Set/Clean up.······ Still need a Chairperson for this event.
Overall comments were very positive, could use set up room better was somewhat crowed between tables.· Need to replace stamps for 2011.· Ran out of pop early need to purchase a few additional cases for next year.
DATE FOR 2011 EMS SAT will be· FEBRUARY 5, 2011· -· tentatively scheduled for South Slope if you have another venue please check out pricing and report back to Dave Dvorsky ASAP.
Web - Site Update:
Mindy share that the individual working on the site has bowed out due to her work load so the project has came to a standstill till a new resource can be found to work on the site.·· At this time Doug Buchan and Kirk Tedrow were introduce as they are currently working a site for the UI and are interested in helping us out........Mindy will connect with them after meeting for help on Web-site.
By -Laws Update:
Dave will forward electronic version to Mindy to send to all members.
EMR/First Responder Class:
Currently 16 folks are enrolled in the class, some discussion was had on actual changes to new criteria - it was the general consensus that all update will be through Continuing Ed Class only.
New Business:
Joint Communication Center - As of July 1, 2010 - Dispatchers will be there
No changes to procedures on equipment or dispatch to be seen in July
Changes will be made in the Oct timeframe.
Initially the center will be operating via a patch till new equipment is being finalized
When operational we will see dedicated EMS/Fire dispatch (2)
Minimum Staffing - Question on Service Renewals· -- should be checked· by most departments- this allows you to run with First Responders only vs. having to have an EMT-B on the call.·· It is now a requirement/expectation when a dept is page we have a duty to respond if dispatched 4 times with no confirmation of a unit in route mutual aid should be activated.
Ken Brown will speak with Andy Rocca to see what it will take to roll EMS/Mutual Aid into the current MABAS system or have dept develop some type of aid structure that can be activated in these situations.
Brief discussion was had on the possibility of combining the EMS Association Meeting to be held the same night or in conjunction with the JC Mutual Aid Association.·· It was decided that we liked our structure and was not interested in making changes as this time.
Meeting adjourned 20:30
Next Meeting:
May 19,· at West Branch Fire, 19:00
Minutes Submitted by:· Melinda A. Scott JCEMSA Secretary
EMS Association Host Schedule
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May 19 |
2010 |
West Branch |
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Aug |
2010 |
West Liberty |
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Nov/Dec |
2010 |
Coralville |
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Feb |
2011 |
Hills |
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May |
2011 |
Iowa City |
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Aug |
2011 |
JCAS |
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Nov/Dec |
2011 |
Kalona |
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Feb |
2012 |
Lone Tree |
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May |
2012 |
North Liberty |
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Aug |
2012 |
Oxford |
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Nov/Dec |
2012 |
Riverside |
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Feb |
2013 |
Solon |
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May |
2013 |
Swisher |
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Aug |
2013 |
Tiffin |
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Nov/Dec |
2013 |
West Branch |
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Feb |
2014 |
West Liberty |
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May |
2014 |
Coralville |
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Aug |
2014 |
Hills |
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Nov/Dec |
2014 |
Iowa City |
