facility update citizens capital budget advisory committee february 6, 2008 1.what is medic? 2.how...
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Facility Update
Citizens Capital Budget Advisory CommitteeFebruary 6, 2008
1. What is Medic?2. How we use the space3. Growing pains4. What it means
1) What is Medic
What is Medic?
Management Partners
Funding 54% from fees for service
46% from county
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2) How we use the space
Communications Center Dispatches all Medic calls
Delivers protocol-driven instructions over the phone to patients or those helping them until emergency personnel arrive
Dispatches 18 volunteerfire and rescue departmentscountywide
Advanced training
The Emergency Medical Education and Simulation Center provides Medic Paramedics and EMT’s the most-advanced and challenging situational and clinical training in America for emergency medical services personnel.
Open Pipeline
At least one, sometimes two EMT/Paramedic classes will run continuously for the foreseeable future.
Other grant-funded assets ALERT-1
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2 ambulance buses
Fleet Services on site
Fleet of 58 ambulances plus Operations Supervisors’,
other vehicles
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3) Growing pains
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A Defining Decade
+50%
+100%
1997 2006-50%
0%
*U.S. Census Bureau projection
2007
871,432* 40%
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
88,737 +116%
68,342 +122%+7%
+6%
$455 +5%-2%
88,737 +116%
68,342 +122%
Population 621,845
Total Calls 41,023
Transports 30,776
Per transport $429
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What it means
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Building at capacity today
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Parking exhausted today
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Other factors
Facility is not secure
Remote lot unsafe for employees
Communications Center not hardened
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Property is landlocked
Medic Post 100
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Assessment
Lease expires 2011: Must decide direction now Need operational space, parking to accommodate continued growth Must have secure facility for safety of employees, protection of assets Communications Center must be hardened to withstand weather, other potentially catastrophic events
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Facility Update
Citizens Capital Budget Advisory CommitteeFebruary 6, 2008
1. What is Medic?2. How we use the space3. Growing pains4. What it means