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• <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DISTRICT <br />/5A3 <br />TO: Honorable Emergency Services District Board of Commissioners <br />THROUGH: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator <br />THROUGH: John King, Director of Emergency Services <br />FROM: Brian Burkeen, Assistant Chief <br />DATE: September 16, 2014. <br />SUBJECT: Approval of Purchase for Two (2) Medtronic Physio Control LifePak 15 <br />Monitors for Advanced Life Support Engines <br />It is respectfully requested that the information contained herein be given formal consideration by the <br />Emergency Services District Board of Commissioners. <br />DESCRIPTION: <br />A strategic goal of Indian River County Fire Rescue is to reduce response times to 911 calls for <br />service regarding Advanced Life Support (ALS). Staff is requesting two (2) cardiac <br />monitors/defibrillators to be added to the system for additional ALS engines. On priority Calls For <br />Services, ambulances as well as fire apparatus, are dispatched to those service areas to provide rapid <br />assistance. In some areas of the county Basic Life Support (BLS) fire apparatus may be first on the <br />scene. On the BLS units no paramedic or ALS equipment is available therefore causing a potential <br />delay for necessary interventions and medications. The expansion of these cardiac monitors to two <br />fire apparatus would increase the total number of ALS engines from eight to ten. <br />FUNDING: <br />ITEM <br />Amount <br />Account Number <br />Medtronic Physio Control LP 15 <br />$59,379.46 <br />10312022-066490 <br />Under the county's code, all funds collected from emergency services impact fees shall be used <br />for the purpose of capital improvements to emergency services under the jurisdiction of the <br />county and not for maintenance. The improvements included in this agenda item are necessary to <br />accommodate new growth and development in the county. <br />