Item C18
MONROE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: August 16-17. 2000
Bulk Item: Yes -L No
Division: Public Safety
Department: Public Safety
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval ofrequest received from City of Key West to utilize EMS
County Award Grant Funds for the purpose of paramedic training, in the total amount of $10,800.00
ITEM BACKGROUND: The City of Key West submitted a request to utilize funds available through
the EMS County Award Grant for the purpose of paramedic training for their local fire fighters. The cost
would be at $1,800.00 each, for a total of$10,800.00.
The State Bureau of Emergency Medical Services required a completed EMS County Grant Program
Change Request form be submitted for their consideration. The Program Administrator has agreed that the
paramedic training will improve and expand EMS and the request has been approved.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: On September 8,1999, Board adopted
Resolution 390-1999, authorizing the Mayor to execute an EMS County Grant application to the
State of Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval
TOTAL COST: $10.800.00 BUDGETED: Yes -X No
COST TO COUNTY: 0,00
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes
No
N/A
APPROVED BY: County Attorney N/A OMB/Purchasing N/A Risk Management N/A
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL:
DISPOSITION:
To Follow: _ Not Required:
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JIMMY WEEKLEY
Mayor
THE CITY OF KEY WEST
p.o. BOX 1409
KEY WEST, FL 33041-1409
June 26, 2000
Mr. James "Reggie" Paros
Division Director
Monroe County Public Safety Division
490 63rd Street
Marathon, FL 33050
Dear Mr. Paros:
This letter is to request that the City of Key West Fire Department be considered
for $10,800 from EMS county grant funds for the purpose of paramedic training for our
local fire fighters. This funding would allow six of our firefighters (at $1,800 per
individual) to receive this needed training.
It is our understanding that a program to be instituted by Miami-Dade Community
College at a Marathon location beginning in September has space for additional
participants in a paramedic program.
Our isolated location in Key West, a shortage of paramedic personnel in our
fire fighting force (we presently have one paramedic in the Key West Fire Department),
an increasing number of tourists (our tourism count has grown from 3 million in 1995 to
3.5 million in 1999), as well as a permanent population of 28,000 (that the Key West
Rescue - American Medical Response - is hard pressed to adequately service) all
combine to reflect a dire need for additional paramedic capability in Key West.
While thirty of the Key West fire fighting force are certified EMT, paramedic
certification to provide BLS and ALS will increase our capability to better respond to
emergency situations in our isolated location.
The Key West Fire Department is establishing a five-year plan to train at least six
firefighters a year to catch up with the need to have adequate paramedic personnel trained
and available to meet the needs of our residents and growing tourist numbers. The EMS
funding that we seek will get us started on implementation of that plan.
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There is universal support in our community for achieving this emergency
medical service capability. We hope you will give this request for funding every
consideration.
Sincerely,
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J~ Weekley
Mayor
COUNTY of MONROE
OFFICE OF:
PUBLIC SAFETY
490 63RD STREET, SUITE 140
MARATHON, FL. 33050
TELEPHONE: (305) 289-6002
FAX: (305) 289-6013
July 12, 2000
Jimmy Weekley, Mayor
City Of Key West
P.O. Box 1409
Key West, Florida 33041-1409
Dear Mayor Weekley:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MAYOR, Shirley Freeman, District 3
Mayor Pro Tem, George Neugent. District 2
Wilhelmina Harvey, District 1
Nora Williams, District 4
Mary Kay Reich, District 5
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Your letter of June 26, 2000 requesting that the City's Fire Department be considered for
EMS grant funds for local fire fighters' paramedic training was received in my office on
June 30, 2000. Upon receipt, the Florida EMS Office was contacted about the
appropriateness of using county grant funds for initial paramedic training. They advised
that such funds could be used as we saw fit, however a budget amendment would first be
required.
Accordingly, I have begun processing the documents necessary to amend the budget,
including the preparation of a favorable recommendation to the Monroe County Board of
County Commissioners for the project's funding. This will be presented to the
Commission at its August meeting.
I commend the City's initiative in establishing a five-year plan to train its fire fighters to
become paramedics. It will greatly enhance the City's EMS capabilities.
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James R. "Reggie" Paros, DIrector
Public Safety Division
Cc: James L. Roberts, County Administrator
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FROM: DAVID V. JACOBSEN, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR
MESSAGE: Stacy
This is in response to your CHANGE REQUEST regarding Monroe County's EMS
County Grant Award C9944. Your request to send six Key West Fire Dept.
firefighters to paramedic training is approved. We agree that the training will
improve and expand EMS.
If we may be of further assistance please contact me at (850) 245-4440 ext. 2724.
This transmission may contain material that is CONFIDENTIAl under Federal and Rorida statutes and Is intended to
be delivered to only the named addressee. UnauthoriZed use of this information may be a violation of criminal
statues. If you receive this fax in error, please call (650) 921-0241 to notify the Bureau of Emergency Medical
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RECEIVED
Department of Health DOH'" EMS
EMS County Grant Program Change Request
JIl Z1 10 08 AH .00
MONROE COUNTY
Name of Grantee
C9944
Grant No.
aUDGET LINE ITEM CHANGE FROM CHANGE TO
Communications Equipment $366,132.26 $352,499.89
Automated External Defibrillators with 62,092.00 64,924.37
accessories - -- .- -- --- .- "--.---
Training 0.00 10,800.00
TOTAL $ 428, 224 . 26 $ 428,224.26
Justification for Budget or Activity Change: use an additional page if needed.
Paramedic training for six (6) Key West Fire Department firefighters, at $1,800.00
each - total $10,800.00 (see attached letter)
his change shall begin and take effect on: I_I
Month Day Year
For use only by Department of Health
Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
Approval Yes 0' No D Change No:
Sign~~~d~rant Manager
DH Form 1684C. Jan. 98 8
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