July 2010 Fulton EMS Schedule

The schedule is out for July 2010. There are alot of open spots during the day. If you are available and can help it would be to your advantage to help us and the community out. The schedules are down at the fire station in the radio room. Again if you are available during the day and here our tone, come on down. WE AND OUR CITIZENS NEED YOU!!!

Dave

ALS Assist Calls - Important Please Read!

If you call for an ALS Assist with either Medic or Clinton Fire and you are going enroute, make sure that you contact the ALS Unit that you are tiering in with so they no where you are at. Otherwise if the patient is not that critical stay on the scene and wait for the ALS Unit. - Dave Rogis EMT-P

Mercy's EMS Supply Closet

Attentional All EMS Personnel. I received a complaint from the Emergency Room Staff regarding the EMS supply cabinet that is in between the garage and the ER. There is a lock on the cabinet for a reason. The staff informed me that a new lock will be put on the cabinet and EMS staff will have to get the key from the ER desk clerk. As a reminder, the cabinet has too stay locked. This is a Joint Commission requirement.

Need Pager and Radio Serial Numbers

At our Truck Check for Thursday, make sure you have your pager and radio with you so that Steve Woods can record the serial number off of them. Keeping our records up to date since pagers and radios seem to move around the station between personnel occasionally. Truck Check starts at 6 PM.

We Need To Keep Our Rigs Clean and Stocked

Attentional All EMS Personnel. We need to start working on keeping the rigs clean and stocked. I was down at the fire station over the weekend and discovered that 1-G-20 had not been washed and the floor in the driver's compartment needed a serious vacuuming. Not only that but both ambulance were needing backboards and spider straps. Now enough is enough. It is everyone's responsibility before they leave for home to get the ambulance cleaned up and stocked. Both of these issues are important and need to start improving now. Soap and water can get our units very clean, it just does not happen with osmosis or diffusion. If you have questions on this see me. Or better if I see the truck dirty I will be calling you to come down and help me clean and restock the truck. Lets not have it come to that. Dave Rogis EMT-P

TRUSTEE's MEETING JUNE 2010

The next meeting of the Fulton Fire District Trustee's will be at 7 PM June 16 at the Fulton Fire Station 1802 16th St. Fulton, IL.

Potential New Members

There are two individuals who are interested in becoming members on our ambulance. Josh Stepp (Chadwick) and Jonathan Conover (Fulton). Josh Stepp is currently in the Fulton EMT-Basic Class and is employed with Company One Fire Equipment. Jonathan just graduated from Fulton High School and is employed with McDonalds in Clinton. Jonathan would like to take the EMT-B class in the fall. Prior to them becoming probationary members I have asked them to come down to our ambulance meetings / training / truckcheck to see how things are done down here and to get to know some of you. Please make them feel welcome. We will be meeting with the chief soon and get them approved for probationary status by the next trustee's meeting.

Responding to Scenes

We have noticed lately that a few of you are responding to ambulance calls going right to the scene in your private vehicle. Though I do appreciate the help at times, if you can respond then you should sign up for taking call. Please report to the station do not chase down the ambulance to the scene unless it is requested by the crew that is on the EMS unit. If you have any questions, please ask. On a similar note, there have been times when a member who is not a EMT or First Responder that goes to the scene, that is not to be done. A ambulance driver should come down to the station and either drive the ambulance or be in the radio room.

Time to start working on the July 2010 Schedule

Hi you all. Tis the time to start working on the July ambulance schedule. I want to re-enforce that giving time is very important. A lot of you will be taking vacation, which you all deserve, but we do have an ambulance to get out the door and need crews for help on this. I will be putting out the calendar's by Friday June 11, 2010. I would like everyones schedules by the 20th of June. Also if you notice holes in the schedule either now or later, please, please help out. All of your cooperation on this is appreciated.