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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board authorize a proposed change to the El Dorado County Emergency Services Authority System Status Management Policy, eliminating one half-time medic unit from the system to allow the Emergency Services Authority to close a projected budget deficit, and approve the revised System Status Management Policy attached hereto as Attachment A, identifying the plan for redistribution of anticipated workload among full time medic units to accommodate the removal of the half-time Medic Unit(M- 26) from the system.
FUNDING: County Service Area (CSA) 7 Special Tax, Property Tax, and fee-for-service.
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no Net County Cost associated with this change to the System Status Management Policy.
Background
On June 27, 2006, El Dorado County entered into an agreement with El Dorado County Regional Prehospital Emergency Services Operations Authority (JPA) to provide prehospital advanced life support and dispatch services within County Service Area No.7. (Legistar File #06-1048).
Article XI of the agreement defines response time standards for the purpose of monitoring JPA performance, and approved the following standards:
Area Response Time Compliance %
Urban 10 minutes 90%
Semi-Rural 20 minutes 90%
Rural 20 minutes 90%
Wilderness ASAP N/A
On September 11, 2007, the Board of Supervisors approved a recommendation from the Public Health Department to amend the response time standards based on an analysis that indicated the JPA was substantially exceeding standards in semi-rural areas and was not meeting standards in urban and rural areas. (Legistar File #07-1310).
Area Response Time Compliance %
Urban 11 minutes 90%
Semi-Rural 16 minutes 90%
Rural 24 minutes 90%
Wilderness 90 minutes 90%
On October 25, 2012, the Emergency Services Authority notified the County the JPA Board voted to remove Medic Ambulance 26 (M-26) from ...
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