EMS Commission. Headquarters Fire Station th Avenue North Entrance GARETT JOHNSTON BILLINGS FIRE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES

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1 NOVEMBER AGENDA TOPICS AMR RESPONSE REPORT AMR UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES GARETT JOHNSTON MELODY WESTMORELAND GARETT JOHNSTON BILLINGS FIRE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES LOCKWOOD FIRE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES PAUL DEXTRAS BILL RASH ALAN HUTTON LAUREL AMBULANCE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES JAN FAUGHT ANNUAL REPORT & POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL WORK SESSION: DECEMBER 7, 5:30 P.M., LOCATION: BILLINGS COMMUNITY CENTER SKIP GODFREY 2009 MEETING SCHEDULE January 22, 2009 February 26, 2009 March 26, 2009 April 23, 2009 May 28, 2009 June 25, 2009 July 23, 2009 August 27, 2009 September 24, 2009 October 22, 2009 November 26, 2009 [moved to November 19, 2009] December 24, 2009 [moved to December 17, 2009] Page1

2 MINUTES OCTOBER 22, 2009 PRESENT: Meridith Cox, At-Large Member; Skip Godfrey, At-Large Member/Chair; Richard Clark, City Council Representative; Paul Dextras, City Staff Representative; Jim Kraft, Yellowstone County Representative; Charlie Hamwey, Senior Citizen Representative/Vice-Chair; Dr. Dan Lewis, St. Vincent Healthcare Representative; Melody Westmoreland and Garett Johnston, AMR; Alan Lohof, Billings Fire EMS Coordinator; Mike Gates, Airport Fire/Rescue; Bill Rash, Lockwood Fire/Rescue and Kathy Gibson, Billings Fire/Recording Secretary. ABSENT: Dr. Peter Light, Billings Clinic Representative; Frank Odermann, Fire Department; Mike Glancy, Airport Fire/Rescue; Allen Hutton, Lockwood Fire/Rescue; Jan Faught, and Elliott Grayson, Laurel Ambulance. AMR RESPONSE REPORT/UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES: MELODY WESTMORELAND Total Emergent Volume: 439 Total Non-Emergency Volume: 213 Total BUFSA Responses: 29 Total Responses w/billings Fire: 681 September 2009 Month-end Compliance: 92.0% Page2

3 BILLINGS FIRE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES: PAUL DEXTRAS Reported that he has been working with Gary Edwards, MSU-Billings/College of Technology to develop a week-long (40hr) Instructor s Course for department personnel. No Fire Dept Internal EMS Committee meeting this month. Page3 Stated that he has approximately 25 paramedics on the department and that the balance serves the community very well. He also stated that in the past year or so that he s been in Billings, he has received no complaints from the community about the delivery of care provided by the Fire Department and so he takes that to mean that the citizens of Billings are happy with the level of emergency care they received.

4 BILLINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT EMS1 RESPONSE REPORT: ALAN LOHOF The Billings Fire Department responded to 395 EMS 1/9-1-1 medical calls within the City Limits. 22 calls had a response time greater than 8 minutes, with 10 of those calls being less than 9 minutes. This would give the Billings Fire Department an 8-minutes or less response rate of 94.4% for the month of September. CULTURAL DIVERSITY & AWARENESS TRAINING: October 26, 2009, 09:00 13:00. Location to be announced. This workshop is sponsored by American Medical Response and presented by Thomas Larson Medicinehorse is open to any emergency responder. Mr. Medicinehorse is a member of the Crow (Apsaalooke) tribe and an elder of the Big Lodge Clan of the Apsaalooke Nation. He is a Sundance Priest and a respected elder of the tribe. He has over 40 years of experience in Tribal, Federal and County law enforcement. He recently retired as the big Horn County Sheriff following completing his fourth term as Sheriff. He has lectured throughout the United States and Europe about American Indian traditions and beliefs. For more information or to RSVP please contact Lyndy or lgurchiek@amr-ems.com LOCKWOOD FIRE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES: BILL RASH Business as usual. LAUREL AMBULANCE UPDATE ON ACTIVITIES: JAN FAUGHT No report. ANNUAL REPORT & POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: A final draft is pending. If you have any additions or corrections to the information that was presented at the August 27 th meeting please me as soon as possible. gibsonk@ci.billings.mt.us As soon as a date has been identified for the presentation to the Billings City Council Skip will let everyone know. There being no further business the meeting was 8:45 a.m. Page4

5 Page5 No Name / Address Teleph one # Meridith Cox 1908 Colton Blvd Billings, MT Dr. Peter Light 2904 Bitterroot Billings, MT Skip Godfrey 4146 Clevenger Ave Billings, MT Richard Clark th Street W Billings, MT Paul Dextras th Avenue N Billings, MT Jim Kraft P.O. Box Billings, MT Charles Hamway 1010 Grand Avenue Billings, MT Attendance October 22, 2009 Membership Type At Large Member Deaconess Rep At Large Member Board Chair Term Limit 2 nd term expires: 12/31/12 2 nd Term expires 12/31/10 1 st term expires: 12/31/09 Federal ly Funded or No No 8 No 4 Miles Driven to Meeting Address No 3 skipgodfrey@imt.net Billings City Council No 5 twodc@bresnan.net City Staff 12/31/12 No 4 dextrasp@ci.billings.mt.us County Staff 1 jkraft@co.yellowstone.mt.us Senior Citizen Member Board Vice-Chair Dan Lewis St. Vincent Rep 2 nd Term expires 12/31/12 No 1 hamwey@yahoo.com Kathy Gibson Recording Secretary to the Board No 5 gibsonk@ci.billings.mt.us Vacant position At Large Member Melody Westmoreland AMR Rep No 5 Garett Johnston AMR Rep No 5 No Frank Odermann Billings Fire Asst. Chief No 4 Alan Lohof Blgs Fire EMS Coordinator No 4 No Mike Glancy Billings Airport Fire/Rescue No 2 Bill Rash Lockwood Fire 0 No Allen Hutton Lockwood Fire 0 No Jan Faught Laurel Ambulance No 17 No Elliott Grayson Laurel Ambulance No 17

6 Start Time: 8:00 a.m. End Time: 8:45 a.m. Page6