Item 2: Functional Consolidation of Fire Departments

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ATTACHMENT C Equipment Specifications: Both cities: The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield are required to carry a certain inventory to be considered for licensure. There are a variety of differences in the equipment that is carried by each agency but it is generally the same. See the attached spreadsheet for more detail. Description of Cooperative Service Delivery Model: Ambulance Service Area: The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield would continue to operate at current status and petition the Lane County Commissioners to merge Ambulance Service Area 4 and 5. At that time new boundary lines would be established. This ASA merger would encompass 2436 square miles. Ambulance Service Licensure/Compliance: Initially, The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield each would hold a separate ambulance service license. We would apply to the state for a single ambulance license. EMS Personnel: As a merged organization there would be 242 Emergency Medical Technicians assigned to staff line positions. In addition to the line positions, there are 14 certified personnel that would staff administrative positions. Physician Advisor: As a merged organization we would have one physician advisor. The costs associated with a Physician Advisor would most likely be neutral, both agencies currently pay for this service. Protocols: As a merged organization, we would have one physician advisor that would be a part of the Lane County Medical Control Board which writes the standing orders for the county. The physician advisor adopts the protocols from the Lane County Medical Control Board and has the authority to make agency specific modifications. Documentation: As a merged organization, we would continue to use the Zoll electronic pre-hospital reporting software for documentation. Merger would enhance our server capacity. Decisions would need to be made as to how the stored data would be archived and retrieved. Record Keeping/Security: As a merged organization we would still be a HIPAA covered entity all EMS records are confidential and must be kept in secure locations. Because we would use the Zoll electronic pre-hospital reporting software for documentation the records would be held on servers owned by the department. The records are also required to be maintained for a specific time period. A system of Archive would have to be established for the new organization. EMS Training: As a merged department we would continue to use Centre-learn and would be able to combine classes and instructors for the 24 hours of interactive required classes, we currently accommodate some joint training now. This would allow us to have one EMS training calendar; currently each department has developed its own training calendar for the next recertification biennium. EMS Training Records Both cities: The City of Eugene and The City of Springfield are each required to keep continuing education records for EMS Personnel. We would develop one common repository for tracking CE 16 ATTACHMENT 3