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Commissioners approve $4,800 grant application to cover contracted medical director for Search and Rescue
Summary
Custer County approved a $4,800 grant application submitted on behalf of Custer County Search and Rescue to pay a contracted medical director for a 12‑month period.
The Custer County Board of Commissioners voted to accept a grant application that would fund contracted medical director services for Custer County Search and Rescue.
The grant request, submitted through the Southern Colorado RETAC (regional EMS council), covers $4,800 to pay a contracted medical director at $400 per month for 12 months to provide medical oversight for wilderness emergency care. The board heard that the doctor — named in the application as Dr. Jeremy DeWol — would provide medical direction when Search and Rescue renders medical care in the field.
The board moved and seconded to accept the grant application, and the motion passed with commissioners recorded as voting aye. Board members clarified that the doctor would not typically provide training as part of the contract and that training occurs through other organizations.
Why it matters: the funding supports medical oversight for search-and-rescue operations and is administered through a regional EMS grant routed through the county.
