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Solano County adopts customized EMS advisory committee model to guide local emergency medical services
Summary
After reviewing state models and neighboring counties, the board voted to establish a locally defined advisory committee for the county's Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMS), with representatives from hospitals, trauma centers, dispatch, fire (city and district), behavioral health and community members.
Solano County supervisors voted on June 23 to establish a locally defined advisory committee to advise the Solano County Local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMS). Health & Social Services staff presented three options: a customizable local advisory committee, the state EMCC (Emergency Medical Care Committee) template, or no formal advisory structure.
Staff (Ray Cohen, acting Public Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser and EMS Administrator Benjamin Gam) said option one offers the flexibility to tailor membership to Solano County’s structure — including representation from the county’s three hospital systems, two trauma centers, public safety‑answering points (dispatch), both district and city fire providers, behavioral health, basic life‑support and interfacility transport providers, and a community member. The staff presentation noted neighboring counties use both EMCCs and advisory committees; San Joaquin and Sacramento use advisory teams, while Sonoma, Yolo, Contra Costa and Napa use EMCCs.
Public comment from firefighter Will Quao emphasized timely, automatic advanced life support and water‑rescue response to remote county beaches, a point staff said will be considered by the new advisory body. After discussion the board voted in favor of the locally defined advisory committee model (option one) and directed staff to implement the membership structure and return with quarterly updates.
Supervisors described the advisory committee as a stakeholder input forum—not a contracting or procurement body—and said technical issues such as dispatch coordination, clinical policy, and system data review would be appropriate for committee consideration. The board approved the recommendation unanimously.
