Meeting Minutes

September 9th, 2008

The September meeting was called to order by Chairman Brad Delancey at 1830 hours with the following member companies present: Life Lion EMS,Londonderry Fire Company #1 EMS,South Central EMS, Susquehanna Township EMS, Swatara EMS, Upper Dauphin County EMS. Also represented were Dauphin County Communications, Dauphin County EMA, Dauphin County Firemen's Association, and the Emergency Health Services Federation.

The minutes for the July 2008 meeting were reviewed and approved on a motion by Claudia Christensen, 2nd Deb Fleagle.

Treasurers Report:

The current balance on hand in checking is $3,939.59. We currently have four certificates of deposit of $3.000.00 each. There were no monies recieved or expended since the last meeting. On a motion by Carl Wenzler and second by Claudia Christensen, the treasurer's report was approved as read.

Finance Committee:

Nothing new to report.

Training Committee:

Lawnton Fire Company will be holding an EVOC course the last weekend of September. Any interested individual should contact the fire company to register for the course.

Grant Information:

Nothing new to report.

Old Business:

South Central Terrorism Taskforce

The Dauphin/Lebanon County Task Force will be participating in Wide Vigilance II on October 16th - 18th, 2008. The DLEMSTF will be committed to the Lancaster Airport event on October 18th. If you are interested in participating please let Brad DeLancey know.

It was also noted that the SCTF deployed to LA for Hurricane Gustov and assisted with pre-hurricane evacuations and post hurricane recovery. The taskforce deployed on August 29th and returned home on September 8th.

As always, if your company is not currently participating in the SCTTF but has an interest in doing so, please contact Chairman DeLancey

Regional MCI Plan:

Melissa Etzweiler reported that both are working documents. It is recognized that multiple groups have some concerns and suggestions for changes and additions to the plans and a request wil lbe made to the EHSF to consider the formation of a sub committee to address these concerns.

Craig Webb Memorial Award:

Michael Crossley was nominated as this year's recipient. On a motion by Deb Fleagle and Second by Don Shutt, the nomination was confirmed.

Dauphin County Radio Project Update:

Steve Shaver reported the TMI and Mahantango tower sites will be operational shortly. The portable radios have been ordered and pagers will be available for purchase in the near future. Installations are continuing and radio training will be made available in the near future.

Unit Designation changeover:

Bart Shellenhammer reported that the unit designation dispatching change over was a smooth transition and is working out well.

NEW BUSINESS:

Fire Box Announcements on EMS dispatching:

A discussion was held on having Dauphin COunty Communications announce the fire box numbers when dispatching EMS. A number of EMS companies have units stationed at different locations within their response district and it was felt that by having the fire box given as part of the dispatch information, it would reduce the number of units responding to the wrong location as well as aid crews in determining which ambulance is the closest unit to the call. County felt that this was possible and would look into making it happen. On a motion by Scott Buchle and 2nd by Deb Fleagle, the DCEMSC endorsed the use of Fire Box designations for 911 dispatching.

EHSF updates:

ANSI approved Safety Vest have been purchased for the ambulance in the region and are now in the county. They will be dispensed at the November 11th DCEMSC meeting. November 24th is the official start date of the new regulation requiring the use of these vests.

The new ALS and BLS protocols will go into effect on November 1st, 2008. There is training available on LMS and EHSF will also be making a CD available to all services with the update training on it. There will also be small protocol field guides available in the very near future.

Good of the Organization:

Heros Grove:

www.heroesgrove.org Please help support this effort. We have yard signs available to help get word of the project out to the public and first responders. It you are willing to post these signs at your ambulance station or home please let Brad DeaLancey konw and he will see that you recieve one.

Joel Grottenthaller Memorial Scholarship Recipient:

This year's recipients were Randy Riegle and Sean McCarthy. Congratulations to both scholarship recipients and we wish them good lukc in their studies.

Retirement:

Sam Gilbert is retiring after serving 25 years with Dauphin/Middle Paxton Ambulance where he served as chief for 18 of those years. Thank you Sam and enjoy your well deserved retirement. There will be a farewell banquet in his honor scheduled shortly and the date/time will be sent out as soon as it is determined.

Survey:

The PA Ambulance Association has an on-line salary survey that they are requesting services to fill out.

Next Meeting:

November 11th, 2008 at 1830 Dauphin County EMS Council Meeting will be held at Simpson Board ROom, Polyclinic Medical Center's Memorial Buildig.

With no further business or discussion, the meeting was adjourned at 19:45 hours on a motion by Claudia Christensen and 2nd by Theresa Hilwig.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeff Witmer