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Fire department wins $350,000 to expand medical‑supply inventory tracking pilot
Summary
The committee approved $350,000 from the Innovation Fund to scale the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Medical Supply Inventory Management System (MSIMS), including RFID, staffing and Wi‑Fi upgrades to improve supply readiness and reduce expired medications.
The committee approved a $350,000 Innovation Fund appropriation on April 21 to expand the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Medical Supply Inventory Management System (MSIMS), a program designed to track and redistribute medical supplies across stations using real‑time inventory, historical usage and redistribution modeling.
Battalion Chief Robert Barna, project lead for MSIMS, told the committee the program began as a ground‑up effort in 2022 and started pilots in high‑call battalions in October 2023. Barna said the program reduces emergency supply…
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