Emergency Services Committee

THAT the Minutes of the June 10, 2015 meeting be approved

THAT the Year to Date Expenditure Reports dated to June 30, 2015 and Cheque Register Summary Reports dated July and August, 2015 be approved.

THAT Information Correspondence items a) through e) be received.

THAT the Hastings/Quinte Emergency Services Committee recommends to County Council to support “Adapting to New Technology”: Difficult Access Response Team (D.A.R.T.) Program. The two Phase program will begin with Phase 1, putting in service, specially trained paramedics in a side by side ATV outfitted to access patients and deliver rapid patient care in difficult to access areas. For Phase 1 a recommendation to enter into a signed agreement with Deerhaven for an annual lease of $1.00 per year of the ATV. Phase 2 will adapt the future use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones) into these difficult to access calls for scene survey and potential delivery of life saving technology.

THAT the Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services Committee recommends to County Council the disposal of a retired ambulance to Loyalist College as part of a co-operative effort to assist the College with Driver Training in the Paramedic Program by waiving the normal disposal process and offering the sale of the vehicle for one dollar ($1.00).

THAT the 2015 budget be revised as a result of receiving a funding announcement from the MOHLTC for 2015.

THAT the Statistical report for May and June, 2015 be received

THAT the August 12, 2015 meeting be adjourned