Franklin Fire: Emergency Medical Services - Transport Profile

During the Apr 16 Town Council meeting, Fire Chief Gary McCarragher gave a presentation on the ambulance service with a bunch of good info on response rates, the nature of the ambulance calls, where the patients are transported to, etc.

Franklin Fire Dept

My live reported notes for the presentation can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/04/live-reporting-ambulance-presentation.html



The presentation used is shown here:





The full set of notes from the Town Council meeting on April 16 can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2014/04/what-about-bens-books.html

The notes for all the meetings attended and reported on going back to 2008 can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/p/meeting-notes.html

Live reporting - Ambulance presentation

H. PRESENTATIONS/DISCUSSIONS
Gary McCarraher/Ambulance Information

70% of call volume for calendar year 2013

ALS - advanced life support
BLS - basic life support

trauma patients differ from 'sickness' patients

differences between trauma center and community hospitals
level 1 trauma - UMass Medical or RI Hospital, two closest for Franklin

track on scene time and transport time
importance of time to respond, time on site also affects time available for next call

transport based upon patients condition
don't transport to Boston for time factor

approx 1500 to Milford, other sites drop off in volume from that
9 and 5 to trauma centers RI Hospital and then UMass Medical respectively

is transporting a money maker?
No, we don't cover our costs. We continue to look at how and if we could cover a third transport
The number of mutual aid is rising, need to watch that, if it continues to do so, then it may be justified

running 2 ambulances
120+ mutual aid calls in the last year (out of total of 2000)

50+ calls happened back to back

approx 200 calls from Dean

incident rate in general has been flat over last five year
industrial parks have been empty
residential workload has increase
when economy turns and industrial parks get busier, then the calls could increase

assisted living centers generate a call per unit per year
300 units coming online but not open yet

regional dispatch will it reduce the transportation times?
where all of our units are busy, the dispatcher will call elsewhere
when you have a regional dispatch, the status board will help to identify where the units are available and save the time calling around

we provide about 60-80 calls out to our neighbors

I would feel more comfortable with more ambulances

FCC to hold first nationwide emergency alert test

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FCC to hold first nationwide emergency alert test

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The Federal Communications Commission will hold its first nationwide Emergency Alert System test at 2 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 9.

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The Franklin Police had sent out their notification which includes a link to the national announcement
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2011/10/emergency-alert-system-eas-test-nov-9.html

Emergency Alert System (EAS) test - Nov 9

The Franklin Police sent out an alert today:

Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday,November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern time and may last up to three and a half minutes. The public will hear a message indicating that "This is a test."

EAS Test Press Release

Swine flu/H1N1 updates from Franklin Public Schools

If you haven't seen the update from the School Dept, you can find the latest from Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski here (PDF)

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has published information on "Preparing for the Flu" Read More

Franklin Public Schools has also published a "Symptoms Flow Chart" for parents Read More

I think that Franklin's Emergency Management Team is going to be prepared for whatever happens.

And for a little video entertainment Bill Nye, the Science Guy, has this video on washing your hands.

Thanks to Mr Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers for the link


Note: email subscribers will need to click through to Franklin Matters to view the video,

"they have all the school buses"

By Peter Reuell/Daily News staff

GHS

Posted Aug 06, 2008 @ 10:00 AM

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FRANKLIN —

They may be nearly impossible for law enforcement officials to prevent, but if anthrax attacks like those following the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened today, state and local officials say they could deal with the aftermath.

While every city and town in the state has an emergency plan which details information like shelter locations and evacuation routes, in the weeks following the mailing of anthrax to more than a half-dozen news agencies and members of Congress, there was a flurry of activity as plans were updated to include the possibility of a biological attack. At that time, millions of dollars in grants were handed out to improve detection of dangerous agents, including anthrax.

"The protocol we had pre-2001 - we thought this was going to be a once-in-a-lifetime event," said Martin Greene, deputy director of the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services' Hazardous Materials Response program.

Read the full article in the Milford Daily News here