County EMS reports lower call volume in June; two new ambulances placed into service

Chair opened the meeting and asked for the EMS report. Jeremy (S3) summarized early findings, saying "The calls were a little bit down this month" and noted response times remained within contractual thresholds. Jesse (S5) gave the operational account: "We ended the month of June with 216 total calls for service with 198 of which were completed with either a patient's transporter or refusal here at the scene." He broke out service details including 35 facility transfers (11 emergent, 24 non-emergent), four cardiac-arrest-related calls, 46 refusals of care and 31 hospital-to-non-hospital transports.

Jesse also described recent staffing and equipment changes: two newer EMTs are in field training and one recently completed field training and was released to her shift, and "the 2nd of the 2 new ambulances that were purchased a few months prior, was placed into service, and licensed by the State Department of Public Health," which the board noted as a material operational development. Board members asked for headcounts; a speaker (S4) reported "Right now, there's 12 of us," while Jesse later clarified the broader organization has 33 employees with 21 full time, 12 paramedics and 9 EMTs. The chair said the board would act on a contract at this meeting related to service operations.