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Butler County EMS reports training, vehicle updates and $2,000 grant award
Summary
EMS Director Kari Coates told supervisors on June 16 that Butler County EMS continues to provide advanced services, detailed local billing practices, will add new vehicle decals, supports EMT classes through NIACC, and received a $2,000 POET grant to buy child safety restraints and eye‑wash kits.
Butler County, Iowa — At its June 16 meeting the Butler County Board of Supervisors heard an update from EMS Director Kari Coates on local emergency medical services operations and a recently awarded grant.
Coates described the county’s advanced-services call counts and explained how billing is handled with local services. She showed new decals for two EMS vehicles, summarized EMT classes she teaches through NIACC, and noted the county’s peer support group for EMS personnel. Coates told the board that Butler County EMS received a $2,000 POET grant and plans to use the funds to purchase child safety restraints and eye‑wash kits for ambulances.
The board did not take formal action on the EMS update; the item was presented as an operational briefing. No additional funding requests or staffing changes were recorded in the minutes.
