Emergency Services Committee

THAT the Minutes of the August 12, 2015 meeting be approved.

THAT the Year to Date Expenditure Reports dated to August 31, 2015 and Cheque Register Summary Reports dated September and October, 2015 be approved.

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

THAT the HQ Emergency Services accepts this report as information regarding the 911 Outage which occurred in Hastings and Prince Edward County on August 30, 2015.

THAT the Hastings-Quinte Joint Emergency Services Committee receives the Critical Infrastructure and HIRA information as received and recommends to County Council approving authorizing the Warden and Community Emergency Management Coordinator signing the Annual Emergency Management Program Statement of Completion form for Hastings County. THAT the Hastings-Quinte Joint Emergency Services Committee recommends to County Council that the Hastings County Emergency Management Plan and program adopt the Provincial IMS format in 2016.

THAT the H-Q Emergency Service Committee authorize staff to undertake research and submit applications for funding through the SE LHIN, the province or other potential agencies to support extending the current federally funded Community Paramedicine (CP) Program in the Cities of Belleville and Quinte West to include all of Hastings County and Prince Edward County.

THAT the Statistical Reports for July and August, 2015 be received.

THAT the October 14, 2015 meeting be adjourned.