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County schedules staff trainings and readies fire/EMS grants; Slinger contract circulating
Summary
Washington County announced voluntary CPR/AED/Narcan and active‑shooter trainings for county staff, a mass‑casualty planning exercise for emergency partners, and a $1 million‑per‑year fire/EMS grant program administered to municipalities; a Slinger Fire Department contract is being circulated with the county executive.
County staff told the committee that a two‑day in‑service for CPR, automatic external defibrillation, Narcan and fire‑extinguisher operation began the day of the meeting and invited elected officials and supervisors to participate. "Yes, that begins today," a staff member said, and noted the training is voluntary. "As of this morning, we have 170 people signed up for that."
The county is also scheduling active‑shooter training for county workforce staff in coordination with the Sheriff's Office. The training is described as a brief, practical session focused on what employees should do if a shooter is identified in a county building. The presenter summarized a simple instruction set as a "3 word training cycle. If there's an active, shooter identified, run, hide, fight." The county described work on an alert system for buildings as part of longer‑term security upgrades.
For emergency partners, the county described a more comprehensive training program covering mass casualty and mass fatality planning, unified incident command and tabletop and field exercises coordinated with fire service and emergency management professionals.
On funding, a county staff member updated the committee on a fire/EMS grant program the county board and county executive established in 2024. The presenter said the program provides "$1,000,000 per year" and that the first tranche was issued in 2024 with a second tranche expected in late January or early February. The funds are administered by formula to municipalities and were created after Washington County fire chiefs requested support.
Finally, the county said a contract with Slinger Fire Department is "currently being circulated" between the department and the county executive following approval through the land and use development committee.
These items were presented as informational; no formal committee action was recorded in the transcript. Committee members asked clarifying questions about voluntary participation and oversight of grant spending.
