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Emergency Medical Care Committee outlines EMS shortfalls, asks board for next‑step support
Summary
The EMCC identified recruitment/retention, training, communications and dispatch gaps in Inyo County’s EMS system and recommended subcommittees and county staff support to develop detailed plans and cost estimates for short‑, mid‑ and long‑term improvements.
An Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) subcommittee presented a countywide needs assessment and initial recommendations to Inyo County supervisors, describing recruitment, training, communications, dispatch and equipment shortfalls across the county’s largely volunteer emergency‑medical system.
Anna Scott of Inyo County Health and Human Services introduced the workshop and said the EMCC had formed a subcommittee that met with fire and EMS chiefs to gather current status information. EMCC Chair Pete Schleaker (Big Pine volunteer fire) emphasized the county’s large geography—more than 10,000 square miles—and said most paramedics are concentrated in urban areas, leaving rural communities with limited advanced care.
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