Subject:
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Reappointments to the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.
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Recommended Action
Recommended Action
Sitting as the Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Authority, approval of reappointments of Chief Joe Accetta and Chief Jeffrey Parks as Fire Chiefs’ Association primary and alternate representatives, respectively, and Ms. Joy Lewis as Citizen Representative to the Pinellas County EMS Advisory Council.
Two year term ending November, 2017.
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Strategic Plan:
Deliver First Class Services to the Public and Our Customers
5.3 Ensure effective and efficient delivery of county services and support
Summary:
Chief Accetta and Chief Parks have been nominated by the Pinellas County Fire Chiefs’ Association to serve another two-year term on the EMS Advisory Council.
Ms. Lewis has volunteered to serve another two-year term on the EMS Advisory Council as a citizen representative.
Background Information:
The Pinellas County EMS Advisory Council was created by Chapter 80-585, Laws of Florida, and is made up of 24 members that constitute a broad spectrum of county representation.
It is the responsibility of the council to evaluate the county’s EMS system from a qualitative point of view, to review the operation of EMS on a countywide basis, to review and evaluate studies commissioned by the EMS Authority upon the Authority’s request, to make recommendations to the EMS Authority on needs, problems and opportunities relating to EMS and to carry out such other duties as may be required to ensure the delivery of good countywide EMS at a reasonable cost.
Fiscal Impact:
N/A
Staff Member Responsible:
Michael Cooksey, Director, Safety and Emergency Services
Partners:
The Pinellas County EMS Advisory Council membership is comprised of citizen representatives and officials representing the Mayors’ Council, the City of Clearwater Fire & Rescue, the City of St. Petersburg Fire & Rescue, the Pinellas County Fire Chiefs’ Association, the Pinellas Advanced Life Support Providers Association, Sunstar Paramedics, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, the St. Petersburg College, the Pinellas County Health Department, the Emergency Nurses’ Association, the Pinellas County Medical Association, the Pinellas County Osteopathic Medical Society and the Independent Fire Districts.