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Prehospital working group seeks data, RFP and cross-agency review of 911 and emergency medical dispatch
Summary
Council members and the city's prehospital working group reported on efforts to commission a third-party review, improve data access and consider operational changes to 9-1-1, EMS and fire/medical dispatch; the group plans an RFP for outside analysis funded at $150,000.
The Tulsa City Council’s prehospital community-health working group updated the council on efforts to study and improve the city's prehospital emergency-response ecosystem, including call taking, dispatch, alternate-response units and data access.
The working-group presenter explained the group's scope: "Prehospitalization community health care is basically everything that happens from the time somebody calls 911 to the time they get a response as it pertains to mental health and medical needs," the presenter said. The group was convened in February 2023 to engage the public and stakeholders and to review system performance after council changes to the EMSA trust indenture. The working group includes council members, commissioner…
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