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Prairie City reports EMS staffing gaps and ambulance temporarily out of service; council authorizes Narcan and nebulizer
Summary
Interim EMS Director Dan Riemersma told the council the department logged 20 calls in November with eight incidents lacking available crews and that an ambulance is out of service due to brake‑light issues; the council authorized EMS personnel to carry and administer Narcan and provide nebulizer treatment and accepted a resignation.
Interim EMS Director Dan Riemersma reported to the Prairie City Council that the EMS department handled 20 calls in November and was unable to staff eight of those calls. Riemersma reported the ambulance was temporarily out of service because brake lights were not functioning. The minutes record that the council approved EMS personnel to carry and administer Narcan and to provide nebulizer treatment.
The minutes also record that Jake Farlow completed onboarding with the EMS department and that a resignation from Dylan Cornelison was received. At a later motion the council accepted Cornelison’s resignation. The council also adopted Jasper County EMS IDs as the official city employee ID, a measure motioned by Deb Townsend and seconded by Joe Disney that passed unanimously.
The minutes do not include narrative statements about how the city will address the staffing shortfalls or the timetable for returning the ambulance to service; those operational follow‑ups are not detailed in the meeting record.
