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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director ;'. r= ?a'. Contra
Costa
DATE: July 25, 1995 '
County
SUBJECT: Fire Reimbursement for Emergency Medical Service Enhancements
From Measure H Funds
SPECIFiIC REQUESTIS)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTiIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Authorize the Auditor-Controller to reimburse the following agencies the amounts specified for EMS fire first-
responder medical equipment, medical supplies, EMS training, and communications equipment:
Bethel Island Fire District 2,581.37
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District 207,855.08
Crockett-Carquinez Fire Protection District 1,867.00
East Diablo Fire 12,323.70
El Cerrito Fire Department 10,491.57
Kensington Fire 2,784.78
Orinda Fire Protection District 7,883.86
City of Pinole Fire Department 7,684.11
Richmond Fire Department 33,493.41
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District 11,083.50
BACKGROUND:
Under County Service Area EM-1, funding has been available for enhancements to the County EMS system,
including first responder medical training, equipment, and supplies. During the first two years that funding was
available, first responder funds were used primarily to purchase defibrillation and related equipment and to
purchase the MCI/disaster supply caches currently assigned to various fire agencies throughout the county.
Purchases for these programs have been largely completed, and some funds are available, as provided in the
Measure H Service Plan, to reimburse fire services for the costs of providing training necessary to qualify
personnel for certification as EMTTs and to purchase medical equipment and supplies to enhance first responder
medical response. A priority claim form and an allocation schedule have been designed based on the number of
benefit assessment units within each fire jurisdiction. Each fire jurisdiction within CSA EM-1 was asked to submit
claims for reimbursement for EMS related training, equipment and supplies. According to the reimbursement
formula developed by the EMS Agency, claims are being paid to each fire agency up to the maximum allocation
for that fire agency, with any remaining funds allocated to those agencies which documented higher EMS
expenditures.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: 4 YES SIGNATURE � --
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED V OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
/ I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
✓ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: Emergency Medical Services 646-4690 fl ��
CC: Health Services Administration ATTESTED „�+ --5
Emergency Medical Services U P L BATCFTELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for these expenditures has been budgeted under CSA EM-1 (Measure H). There is no General Funding
impact.