Public Safety Cmte - request to table item
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2015 8:24 am
all, I note that EMS & Fire item on our Public Safety Committee agenda today appears to have caught the affected departments unaware. I would suggest that we table the item, and will make that motion if no one else does. Here is an excerpt from Chief Rodriguez's weekly newsletter:
“Both the EMS and Fire Departments were surprised to see this agenda item. Neither department was consulted on the matter. Neither department has been studying a merger and neither has any staff briefing to deliver on the topic. The system that we have now is the system that we have been working to develop. We have invested in this system for thirty years. Our performance is excellent and we remain an industry leader and innovator. Many of the things that we do become models for others across the nation to follow. Since its inception, our EMS department has faced challenges. And we have faced those challenges head-on. Right now we are facing a challenge to recruit, hire, and retain great people. We are also facing the challenge of work-related fatigue caused by shift work. We will face these challenges. We will find solutions. We will be better and stronger when we do.”
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Regards,
Leslie
“Both the EMS and Fire Departments were surprised to see this agenda item. Neither department was consulted on the matter. Neither department has been studying a merger and neither has any staff briefing to deliver on the topic. The system that we have now is the system that we have been working to develop. We have invested in this system for thirty years. Our performance is excellent and we remain an industry leader and innovator. Many of the things that we do become models for others across the nation to follow. Since its inception, our EMS department has faced challenges. And we have faced those challenges head-on. Right now we are facing a challenge to recruit, hire, and retain great people. We are also facing the challenge of work-related fatigue caused by shift work. We will face these challenges. We will find solutions. We will be better and stronger when we do.”
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Regards,
Leslie