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EMERGENCY AUTHORITY TO WAIVE BIDS & PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EMS UNIFORMS AND ALSO FOR ALS KITS The Board reviewed the following memos from Emergency Management Director Wright: TO: Jim Chandler DATE: January 9, 1989 FILE: County Administrator SUBJECT' Approval for Emergency Authority 'to Waive Bids and Provide Fund- ing for EMS Uniforms FROM: Doug Wright, Director REFERENCES: Emergency Management Services t‘ti" D / , 9e9 R t ocz co,f0rjzi °74:P/070), � It is respectfully requested that the information containe �',$t2 `e given formal consideration as an added agenda item for the Board of County Commissioners meeting scheduled for January 10, 1989. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS' Pursuant to mutual agreement between the County and the Indian River Memorial Hospital, Inc., plans are being formulated and implementa- tion processes are occurring wherein Indian River County will assume responsibility for and management of the EMS ALS System with a tent- ative effective date of February 1, 1989. Many issues must still be addressed and resolved. One primary issue at this point is the purchase of uniforms for the EMS staff so that the above referenced implementation date can be accommodated. Staff is requesting funding for the EMS uniforms and authority to waive bids from the Board of County Commissioners for this emergency pur- chase. Initially, only new uniforms for the paramedics were being considered. However, after meeting on several occasions with the volunteers and paramedics, it appears that all the providers are in agreement that everyone providing EMS service in the County should be sim- ilarily dressed. The one exception to this would be for the fire service since the costs of changing uniforms would not be econom- ically feasible. The Indian River County Volunteer Ambulance Squad has 150 active members. The North County Ambulance Service comprised of the Fells - mere and Sebastian Volunteer Ambulance Squads has 120 members. The numbers cited above are members who regularly run on assigned shifts providing BLS service to the respective communities and county wide on a mutual aid basis. The County proposal for EMS service as approved by the Commission on December 20, 1988, provides for a total of 23 paramedics and one paramedic supervisor for a total of 24 staff members. Staff is proposing that each of the 270 volunteer members who are assigned shifts and active members of the volunteer Ambulance squads making runs on ALS vehicles with paramedics would be provided a uniform by the County consisting of one shirt and one pair of pants which they would maintain. The anticipated costs for one uniform for each volunteer would total $50.00 or approximately $13,500. 33 JAN 1 1989 BOOK ,75 F,, E 565