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HomeMy WebLinkAbout21 Public SafetyTechnology CodeRED - Planning for mass community notification system. Met with Global Connect. We partnered with Washington County to use CodeRED, which has been implemented countywide. Trininc, Incident Command Training /Table Top Exercise was held in September for Public Safety and Public Works. Four identical sessions were put on to accommodate small group sessions. Representatives attended from Cottage Grove Public Safety (Police /Fire /EMS), CG City Council, CP Railroad, Woodbury Public Safety, Washington County Public Health and Emergency Management, WAKOTA CAER, Xcel Energy, St. Paul Park Public Works, Washington County Dispatch, MN Pollution Control Agency, CG Parks and Recreation, 3M Company, CG Planning Department, and Regions EMS. WAKOTA (CAER) Training /Table Top Exercise — Tank fires on 85 Radiological Emergency Preparedness Training — Coordinated training with Washington County Emergency Management and the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant. Community Eve Senior Citizens /Senior Center /Senior Housing Presentations Multiple anti -fraud programs presented to senior citizens by Officer McCormick Driver Improvement Class for "55 alive" presented by Sergeant Martin Multi - Family Housing — Coordinated effort with Managers and Housing Redevelopment Authority • Narcotic Identification by Officer Schoen • Fire Safety and Fire Extinguisher Training • Meetings • Residential Neighborhood Parties • Night to Unite — More than 30 neighborhoods participated in 2011. The number of neighborhoods involved continues to grow yearly. "Noon Out' provided to seniors at the Senior Center and Senior Housing. • Safety Camp — Cottage Grove Public Safety continues to participate with the Parks and Recreation Department, providing numerous presenters for Safety Camp. • Strawberry Fest (Emergency planning, demonstrations, parades) • Holiday Train (Emergency planning, road closures, committee member) • Community CPR — Working towards "heart safe community" o Car Seat Clinics — Working with Regions Hospital to provide clinics throughout the year o Parades logistics, planning and road closure Halloween Parade Strawberry Festival Parade Homecoming Parade Your Public Safety — Over 300 episodes have aired of this Public Safety show, which is the longest running show on the government cable channel. School Resource Officer — A continued partnership with South Washington County Schools — SROs Gail Griffith and Patrick Nickle. In the Community Torch Run for Special Olympics Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Friends in Need Food Shelf (Share the Joy Program) Relay for Life team for city (Reserves assisted and Ambulance stationed at event) Shared Services Meetings have been held between the Cottage Grove and Woodbury Fire and EMS Divisions discussing the possibility of shared training, future consideration of shared stations — determining size, amount of equipment, personnel. Action committees have been chosen to work on various functions. Technnllnp4r Tiburon — New Records Management System — Meetings have been held with Washington County Sheriff's Department and Washington County Fire Departments, preparing for the implementation of this system fall of 2012. Fire and EMS personnel are on Advisory Groups for implementation and training on the new system. Communi " o Train derailment training drill for City personnel and Presbyterian Homes, County and State Personnel. o Building Inspections • 34 senior living /daycare inspections completed • 110 safety building inspections completed o Fire Department personnel, City Engineer Jennifer Levitt and representatives of Flint Hills met to discuss water distribution needs in the 85 tank farm area. Fleet/Equipment Fire Department Truck Committee /Engineer's Group evaluated, planned and purchased a new fire truck which met the division's needs while maintaining budget goals. Replaced Station II and IV generators which were performance and safety concerns. ➢ Collaborative effort with Washington County Emergency Management and Fire Departments - searching for potential grants and training possibilities. ➢ Assistance for Firefighters (AFG) grant awarded — four (4) new thermal imagers purchased and placed into service from funds. ➢ Applied for 2011 AFG grant for four (4) CPR compression machines and 10 defibrillators. s Technology Tough book Computers and Docking Stations— utilized for writing patient care reports, reducing our paper reports by 95% with a. goal of on -line, paperless reports. Ambulances equipped with Run Report templates on -line and printers, reducing ambulance time spent at hospital. Personnel ➢ Three - .6 night Paramedics were hired to cover all first out medicals and assist in Emergency Medical Services duties. ➢ Four additional Paid On Call Paramedics and two dual role additional paramedics— part-time medic age ➢ CSO EMTs and CSO Medics have assisted in filling surge calls and patient care. Fleet With rising costs for repair and maintenance of Medic 832'06 ambulance and it's increased down time, Firefighter Dahlquist started some research the possibility of a new ambulance. He found that a refurbished ambulance would cost approximately $ 40,000 less than a new one. He also found that there was a 2011 rebate on gas engines. Currently all three main ambulances are Everest design, a design that can be refurbished. The refurbishment of Medic 32 came under budget by $ 1,000, and the old chassis sold for $4,100 dollars to offset the costs. Refurbishment of Medic 831 '04 ambulance was moved from 2011 to either 2013 or 2014. New black and red design was implemented on Medic 832. Medic 834 will be repainted with the same design. We will be getting monies on a paint warranty issue to help cover the costs. Community o CPR Courses - 350 people instructed in CPR in 2011 100 people instructed in Health Care Provider CPR in 2011 Grants The Cottage Grove Fire Department was awarded a grant from Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The grant was for their Mdewakanton Life Program and we received two Philip FR2 AEDs, pads and cases. The Philips AEDs will be dispersed to the police and fire department to be used in cardiac emergencies. Goals and Accomplishments for EMS PRIMARY PAID DUTY CREW To be honest our duty crew system is very effective in delivering quick first out primary care to the citizens of Cottage Grove and callers within our PSA. This system is a collaboration with our current quick ALS response from police and fire provides premium care. The ambulance and paramedic arrive at the same time or minutes apart. Struggling factors are seen when we have multiple call outs. We handle the first out ambulance well and effectively, but we do wait for standby responders to arrive for additional resources. This does bring our average response time down. Another factor is the scope of where we have to get ambulances. Responders sometimes need to drive to different locations to get the ambulance. This is off set by the quick ALS response. Our average personnel response had dropped from 6 responders to 2 -3 per call. Cottage Grove should be proud that we are providing this care and we are able to keep up with increased ambulance volumes and calls. The duty crew program only has options to improve and get more efficient over time. All the times listed below are all calls lumped in from all first out to multiple call outs. YEAR DATE TIME DISP ENR DISP ONS 2010 All 0000 -0000 5.46 Min 12.05 Min 2010 all standby average 2011 1/11-5/11 0000 -2200 7.01 Min 12.43 Min 2011 all standby average 2011 5/16-11/11 0600 -2200 1.68 Min 7.03 Min Paid duty -crew average 2011 5/16-11/11 2200 -0600 6.12 Min 10.45 Min Standby response average 2011 All 0000 -0000 3.76 Min 8.69 Min 2011 All response average Since our change to paid duty -crew (0600 -2200) we have seen a 5.33 minute enroute change and 5.4 minute onscene change within our PSA in 2011. The primary ambulance is responding now out of station 2 consistently and responses within Cottage Grove would be less than the time listed above. Our enroute and onscene times do increase once our paid duty -crew hours are over. This is due to where the ambulance is coming from and having responders come from home. If this is a standard that wants to be expanded, I think that a duty -crew expansion to midnight would be appropriate, most of our calls drop off past midnight. 2011 averages are less due to the cumulative averages of our EMS peak time response. Currently our EMS EPCR does not track specific location times such as times in Cottage Grove compared to Newport /St. Paul Park. COMMUNITY CPR AND AED PURCHASE We received 2 AED on a grant and purchased one AED. 2 AEDs were given to PD for the police to use and another is used by the Pt /Fire medics. Currently writing another grant for two more AEDs to be used by the police reserves and CSO Trained 350 people in community CPR and another 100 in HCP CPR Additional trainers and advertisement will be needed to grow this program HEALTHEMS AND SANISO Purchased 3 new toughbooks and docking stations for writing patient care reports. We have reduced our paper reports by 95% and are almost all on -line. Added specific run templates and quicker printers in the ambulance to reduce the truck at hospital times Lost Karen Anderson, she dedicated 3 years to billing. Billing takes on average 20 minutes or more to analyze. We add additional information from hospital demographic and police Mp5 to make the EPCR easier to bill and collect monies. QA is also done on each run. Due to increased numbers and demand this is taxing support services at the police and fire department. PERSONAL Have been using CSO EMTs and CSO medics to help fill with surge calls and assist with patient care. This has been a great resource for our EMS department and night crews. Approved the hiring of 3.6 night paramedics to cover all first out medicals and assist in EMS duties as needed. Hired 4 additional paid on -call paramedics and duel roled 2 additional paramedics for the part -time medic wage. MEDICAL DIRECTION Request for quote was sent out for a redevelopment of medical direction and partnerships not currently available. Operational monies will be saved due to hospital medical supply purchasing, 02 replacement, infection control disposal, preventative measures on our equipment and many other services. The bid was awarded to Regions Hospital with a 7k reduction in medical direction fees and 25% operational savings in medical supply purchasing. 832 CHASIS REPLACEMENT Due to rising maintenance costs and truck issues on the 832 2006 ambulance. Firefighter Matt Dalhquist found that there were 2011 rebates on a gas engine and the refurbished ambulance would cost over 40,000 less to purchase than a new one. Currently all 3 main medic rigs are Everest design and can be refurbished. The ambulance went $1,000 under budget and the old chassis sold for $4,100 dollars to offset the costs. We did push back the 2004 831 till 2013 -2014 for refurbishment. o Look at options for standby response • Continued primary response standards, need to implement better response standards for second and third out EMS calls • Evaluate the need for .6 medics, see if the need is better met by full -time staff • Improved supply chain management and quality control through medical supply purchasing through Regions Hospital • Ability to consolidate our ambulances to a central location, reduce the need to drive to additional stations for EMS response and confusion on multiple medicals • Need EMS support services position to handle the increasing demands • Better utilization of mutual aid resources with Woodbury EMS • Capital improvement plan for Medic 831 to be refurbished • Look at moving Medic 833 to a rehab, rest and transport truck for SRT and Fire • Options of new AEMT level with the state. Level in between medic and EMT, they are able to bill an ALS -1 call without medic present. Additional medications are dextrose 50% and narcan. Would like to have one on primary duty -crew at all times. • Have the full -time and part -time medic on the truck at all times. Transport patient in on every call. • More EMS monies given to fire to provide coverage. Utilize police as secondary and depth calls. Will need to evaluate and keep medic skills current • Provide better station conditions and sleeping quarters for staff, provide staff to the community for 24/7 operations • Evaluate the current community base paramedic options and new healthcare standards for 2014. Work with insurance companies and hospital systems for money reimbursement. MN MA is looking to double in the next few years. C� 4 S -uppl"sag m:a Cottage Grove EMS Service Date: Last Year Supply Code Supply Description Amount Used UOM 106 P.J. McMahon 51 111 Donna Honeyman 1 140 Ben Mair 67 141 Vickie McGill 2 153 Ryan Speiss 1 159 Tony Rich 1 172 Jordan Ziebarth 6 184 Andrea Richardson 6 312 Mike Coffey 5 314 Randy McAlister 1 321 Dave Clausen 46 324 Connie Wylie 11 326 Kevin Kaszas 22 327 Mike Vandervort 1 329 Don Johnston 5 330 Andrea Lindeen 42 337 Tim Morning 20 339 Gwen Martin 10 340 Gail Griffith 1 347 John Ray 65 349 Bryce Wanek 9 352 Clare Boyle 33 354 Brad Petersen 41 355 Shawn Ebeling 49 358 Dan Schoen 25 359 Wally Barry 93 360 Kent Griffith 6 361 Wesley Halvorsen 1 362 Darrin Jahnke 11 363 Christine Kennedy 104 364 Micheal Levang 61 365 Chris Metzler 68 366 Mande Sedlacek 10 367 Robert Watson 26 368 Joe Willingbring 2 369 Timothy Wessels 23 370 Derek Peterson 47 373 Jesse Schneider 1 February 02, 2012 ©2000 -2012 Sansio Sansio - HealthEMS® 1 of 1