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Boards direct Jackson Hole Fire & EMS to draft local operational standards after ESCI review
Summary
After a year‑long ESCI study, Jackson and Teton County officials unanimously directed Jackson Hole Fire & EMS to develop community‑specific operational performance standards to measure response, staffing and volunteer participation and to report quarterly. The decision follows recommendations to adjust station siting, staffing and data collection.
The Town of Jackson and the Teton County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously on Dec. 1, 2025, to direct Jackson Hole Fire & EMS to develop community‑specific operational performance standards following presentation of a 2025 Standards of Cover report by Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI).
The directive follows a presentation by Fire Chief Mike Moyer and ESCI Managing Director Joe Powers, who described a year‑long analysis of five years of incident data, response times and staffing that benchmarked local performance against national guidance (NFPA) and identified service gaps driven by seasonal population swings, geographic isolation and cross‑staffing of apparatus.
ESCI’s report highlighted that Jackson Hole operates as an “emergency…
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