County of Westchester

Emergency Medical Services Board

Agenda

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

6:30 PM

Emergency Services & WebEx

The legislation to recognize EMS as an essential service and require municipalities

to require such service, will most likely take some time, we should move forward

with developing recommendations for “EMS Standards.” I am thinking we can break

down into groups by expertise.

Operational Standards (Primary)

• Staffing

• Levels of Service

• Response / Chute times

Compensation / Benefits

• Salaries

• Healthcare

• Retirement /Pension

Medical Standards

• EMS Training

• Level of Care/ Service

In addition to Standards, we need to move forward on what we can do to make

improvements now.

• Recruitment / Retention

• Public Education

• HERRO program

Example: Work with MAA to push HERRO with local school districts and perhaps

colleges.

Feel free to comment with any ideas/ suggestions prior to our meeting. Thank you

all for your help and commitment on this board.

David Dawson

Chair