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Page 55 F Y le,lain <br /> Noll Call: <br /> ryes, Iangus,Gipson,Aldoroft.Rucker. <br /> l' " Motion Carried. <br /> Mayor Anderson requested his comments on theilgesolution just <br /> aropted be Included an the minutes as follows: <br /> erhe39ming Mayor <br /> One of the concerns which I have had <br /> of the City cf Everett has been the quality,ofeemergency <br /> medical P <br /> of the City of Everett under all typesonditions and at <br /> times of the day and night. <br /> -All around us programs haVe been pedvhich purport to <br /> responsesdeal with the emergency medical care and transportation <br /> problem which is faced in all urban...a areas. The <br /> other e uise <br /> "public <br /> programs., <br /> and o other ilyted andIn each <br /> these cases, <br /> ,e communities involVea have <br /> committed taemselves t.the expenditure Of sPerifio addi- <br /> tional resources either in the Fire Department or in other <br /> departments in tem.of sPecialized Peregnnel and <br /> equipment. In Everett,I have emPted„cp�,det ea <br /> cooPer4f ion With Me.ers of the Ceigleib,th,Medical pro <br /> . fession,my staff,interested private and public agencies and <br /> . others,if there is an alternatige waY to Utilize the ex...a <br /> resources of the Everett environs to develop a total <br /> rgency <br /> '' substantialdollars,equipment and <br /> care and transportation <br /> ncilman <br /> ' tc,my attention thoughts, program <br /> ideas, _ in overall <br /> , community aohroach.to solving this dilemma Ofemergency <br /> medical response and care. <br /> of the cOncerns that I have,after careful consideration <br /> the alternatives,Is whether or not active on/go,sire_. <br /> netharrival <br /> ,ambulance equipment. This ooncern has developed as a <br /> mesult of several instances In tho past three,four years <br /> . . where logistically it wag impossuble fox the local ambulance <br /> service tO respond to the scene of an emergen,medical <br /> eituation as quickly as a,adlacentlY logated fire unit <br /> ,, might hove responded. /n these instances,we have wondered <br /> , whether or not we could have assisted the victim in such. <br /> 'i waypto have substantially increased his capportunities for <br /> life;therefore,.I began a program in the,Everett Fire <br /> Department for-training certain members eh the deartment <br /> in an advanoed first aid program known mergency Medical <br /> Training./EMT). ,frrefrghters from the <br /> Everett Fire hepartment attended EMT programs in Bellevue <br /> and subsequently the City Council authorized Firefighter 11 <br /> Francisco <br /> vcry.special advanced <br /> h Emergency medic., g program. Seventeen <br /> receivedadditionalment have now <br /> cer <br /> e _ TheEMT <br /> tFire aDDepartmentbegantan analysis of thyp of <br /> menWers of the Fire <br /> ,:,_ - <br />