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Sawyer County EMS reports response‑time analysis, training plans and mourning for a trainee paramedic
Summary
Emergency medical services reported higher call volumes than last year, a plan to sponsor an EMR course, an experiment tracking township response times and the recent death of a paramedic in orientation.
Mister Breland, the committee’s emergency services presenter, told the Sawyer County Public Safety Committee that ambulance calls have risen compared with last year and that he is working on response‑time analysis and training initiatives.
“As of when this report was written, there’s 692 calls. At this time last year, we had 609,” Mister Breland said. He presented a township breakdown of average response times and described the analysis as an experiment he would provide to the committee on a recurring basis once the data are reliable.
Breland said he had submitted a broad records request to compare neighboring counties’ EMS response times: “I did a large FOIA request to all the counties that surround us to get their EMS response times.” He told the committee he plans to supply summary reports about response times roughly three times per year for now and more frequently as automated reporting is implemented.
Breland also briefed the committee on staffing and training. He said Sawyer County Ambulance is fully staffed with paramedics and has a pool of part‑time personnel. He reported the service will sponsor an EMR course at LCO College in Hayward next year and is coordinating with local schools for training sites.
The committee received a personal and operational update: a paramedic who had just completed orientation died at home. Breland said the paramedic was 20 years old and that agency members attended grief sessions with the affected department. He said mental‑health supports and an EMS mental‑health initiative will be developed in coming months.
Breland described ambulance availability and equipment issues: a new unit for Round Lake was at a repair shop because of a failed emergency brake; other ambulances are stationed in Hayward and Ojibwe. He discussed the possibility of better stationing based on a future hot‑spot map of call locations and response times.
Ending: Committee members asked for periodic response‑time reports and accepted Breland’s plan to refine reporting and training. No formal motions were recorded in connection with the EMS briefing.
