Weekly Stats:
From Sunday 6/13 to Saturday 6/20, the Lebanon Rescue Department responded to 11 calls for service. We treated 12 patients and transported 3 to the hospital during the week. 2 patients were transported to Frisbie Hospital and 1 patient was transported to Goodall Hospital. The following is a breakdown of the calls for the week: 4 Motor Vehicle Accident (including 1 vehicle in flooded road), 2 Well Being Checks, 2 Public Assists, 1 Trauma Patient, 1 Seizure Patient and 1 Suicidal Patient.
Upcoming Events/Meetings/Trainings:
Wednesday, June 24th – There will be monthly training at the rescue station from 7pm to 9pm. The topic is Summer Emergencies, CEH’s will be awarded. We can get the mandatory training done as well for those who didn’t make it last Tuesday.
June 24 & 25 - NIMS 300 class will be held in North Yarmouth – All rescue command officers should take the 300 model. ALL chief officers must take the 300 and 400 training. Please see me if you are interested.
June 26th – NIMS 400 class will be held in North Yarmouth. All rescue command officers should take the 400 model as well. ALL chief officers must take the 300 and 400 training. Please see me if you are interested.
June 26, 27, 28 – New England Chief’s Association Yearly Conference in Springfield, MA. They hold an expo with all the upcoming medical equipment and is a great way to see what is coming out to help us serve our patients. Please see me if you interested in more information.
Sunday June 28th – We need as many rescue people as possible for the safety detail at the 2nd Mud Races of the season. This time they will have two mud holes, so it will go faster. We need people from like 10am to 8pm (hopefully before that). If you can help, please let Jason know. Crews will be assigned to different sections and the command post will be set up around 10pm. Operations will be on channel 8. Last time, they had over 1,000 people attend.
Monday June 29th – Monthly meeting at 6:15pm for all officers.
Monday June 29th – Monthly meeting at 7pm for all members.
Monday July 6th – The monthly meeting between rescue and fire officers will take place at 6:30 at the East Lebanon Fire Station.
There is an Intermediate Class being scheduled for Roosevelt School in Sanford. I am hoping to have some interested EMT’s in this class. There is a major time commitment. Please let me know if you would be interested.
There are several additional ALS trainings coming up. Please see me if you would like info.
Communications This Week:
* For the second week in a row, we had 6 calls for service on Saturday.
* The annual subscriptions to the ambulance service will be mailed out next week. They are currently being printed.
* School will be ending for the year tomorrow (Monday June 22, 2009). Please drive carefully and watch for all the kids on the sides of the road playing.
* We are forming a new committee to spec out and make recommendations for the new ambulance we will be going for. This committee will meet and help design the new ambulance. Anyone interested, please let me know. Anyone who is picked will also be able to go to the Chief’s Conference on Saturday June 27th to look at all the newest equipment and ambulances on display. The conference is really great and you get to see all the latest. Please let me know if you are interested. I will not be able to pick everyone. The committee will probably be about 5 total members. I will also be inviting the budget committee to be part of the process as well as a resident to serve on the committee to get their feedback.
* On Tuesday evening, Doctor Wakeman was killed in an accident in Sanford. Doctor Wakeman has worked with us extensively as her job of director of occupational services. She was the one who has helped us with the health screenings, etc. She passed away late last night at Maine Medical. Her husband, Doctor Hall, is the Director of Emergency Services at Goodall. We sent a card and condolences to the family from the rescue.
* Most responders red light permits will be expiring 7/1/2009. Please see me to get a new signed one.
* The rescue corporation started to sell the reflective street address signs. There have been a lot of calls lately where the ambulance was delayed in finding the patient because there were no house numbers up.
* Royal Edgerly and Matt Beal are now official members. We still have about 13 applications pending. No new members will start until they finish all of the Department of Labor requirements.
* Central Maine Power will be flying low in a helicopter surveying the power lines over Lebanon through June.
Past Weeks Events:
Sunday June 14: The appreciation BBQ and Family Fun Night took place at Flat Rock Bridge Family Resort. There was a BBQ, water slide, pools, mini-golf and lots of fun!! Even with the rain, it was a great turnout and an exceptionally good time. Thanks to Welch’s Hardware and Lumber, Just for Chevy Trucks, Flat Rock Bridge Family Resort and the Rescue Corporation for a great time!!
Tuesday June 16: Goodall Occupational Health was at the Rescue Station from 6pm to 8:30pm to do the medical clearance exams for all members. We then did the FIT test and policy review upstairs. We had a great turnout and hope to get everyone who couldn’t make it done this week.
Tuesday June 16: I met with the fire chief and a designer for a new public safety building the building committee has been looking at. We are hoping to submit a grant in the new public safety building part of the Obama’s recovery stimulus program.
Patient Correspondence
We received two great patient surveys this week – excellent work!!
We received the following email from a resident as well: “Rob and I want to thank you and the rescue team for all your help. We can’t say enough good things about you guys. Rob and I would still like to know who it was that came up and sanded our driveway over the winter so we can at least send a thank you note.”
We received a lot of cards from the students from the Safety Day on Friday, June 5th. The kids were very appreciative and the cards were great!
Vehicle Maintenance Issues:
The new EMS Truck arrived last Wednesday. It looks great. We are working on installing the lights and equipment.
Station Maintenance Issues:
The station looks great from all the hard work volunteers have been doing – thank you!!!
Have a safe week!!
~ End of Weekly Rescue Chief’s Report ~
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1 Mary L // Jun 22, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Why do the other town departments not do this? Even if they did something once a month, we would know what they were doing.
I think it is great that they do this and post their budget info including expenses and revenue on their website.
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