Agenda Items: Items may be taken out of order based on the business of the day and preference of the

Committee

Roll Call and Introductions

Executive Committee non-officer Burris called the meeting to order at 11:03 a.m.

Archie Bowles, Xon Burris, Melinda Elayda, Nicholas Fajardo,

Present

Gary Giusti, Michael Gregory, Kacey Hansen, Ari Kestler, James

Lang, Ellen Leng, Kate Lewis, Glenn McIntyre, Chad Pierce,

Wayne Repard, and Judy Woo

Jonas Aguiar, Grace Ahn, James Lambert, Lance Maples, and Scott

Vermillion

Absent

Marshall Bennett, and Senai Kidane

Non-voting

Approval of Minutes from March 11, 2025 meeting

A motion was made by Hansen, seconded by Leng, to approve the minutes from the

March 11, 2025 meeting. The motion carried by the following vote:

Motion:

Hansen

Second:

Leng

Aye:

Bowles, Burris, Elayda, Fajardo, Giusti, Gregory, Hansen,

Kestler, Lang, Leng, Lewis, McIntyre, Pierce, Repard, and

Woo

Absent:

Result:

Aguiar, Ahn, Lambert, Maples, and Vermillion

Passed

Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda

(speakers may be limited to two minutes).

No public comment.

Chair's Report - James Lambert, EMCC Chair

No report.

Members' Reports

Member Woo reported that the Nurse Nav call triage program for medical calls went live at 0900 today.

The first call came in and was deemed successful.

CCCEMSA Staff Report(s) - CCCEMSA PHCC Staff Member(s) - Hollis, Voos

-CCCEMSA Prehospital Care Coordinator (PHCC) Christy Hollis gave a brief presentation on the

Trauma system of care, and CE Provider Program.

-CCCEMSA Prehospital Care Coordinator (PHCC) Michelle Voos gave a brief presentation on the MCI

Program, and use of Reddinet.

Fire Chiefs' Report - Fire Executive Chief Representative

No report.

Quarterly 911 Transport Providers Report - Chief Xon Burris CCCFPD, Chief Lance Maples

SRVFPD

Chief Burris (CCCFPD):

-Nurse Nav kicked off at 0900 today. The first call came in and was deemed successful. A Nurse Nav

team is onsite at Comms Center to ensure kick off goes as smoothly as possible.

-There is a new Healthcare Literacy Council that started in May. It is a program to educate the public on

the 911 system and effectively navigating healthcare resources with the ultimate goal of reducing

unnecessary ED usage and improving community outcomes. The program is currently focused on East

County.

-Contra Costa College Paramedic Program is starting a third cohort in August. The biggest challenge of

the program is clinical placement.

-For the Alliance, there has been good response time compliance at 90% across all zones since the last

meeting. Looking to deploy the BLS tiered response into Zone B (West County excluding Richmond)

with a target date of July 1st. The timing will allow communication with El Cerrito and Crockett Fire to

address any concerns.

-AMR’s paramedic scholarship initiative is starting to reach full maturity. AMR is looking to be fully

staffed with paramedics by August.

-For radio reprogramming, EBRCS XCC fleet map is being updated this month.

EMS Medical Director's Report - Senai Kidane, MD, Contra Costa EMS Medical Director

-The bulk of the annual CCCEMSA Field Treatment Guideline update process is complete for this year.

The updated field treatment guidelines are currently out for public comment. All are encouraged to

provide public comments.

10.

EMS Director's Report - Marshall Bennett, Contra Costa EMS Director

-CCCEMSA continues to work with the State EMS Authority (EMSA) on EMS Plan submission and the

RFP that was submitted on February 5th of this year. Conflict over exclusivity in ERA IV is the reason

the EMS Plan is not currently approved, and EMSA will not approve the RFP without an approved EMS

Plan. Because CCCEMSA does not have an approved RFP from EMSA, the current EOA contract for

ERAs I, II, and V will need to be extended.

-During the March EMCC meeting, there was a discussion over response volume data in the system, the

issue is now resolved. The FirstWatch generated report that CCCEMSA references was incorrect and

did not account for some BLS calls.

-CCCEMSA has several policies that will be coming out soon for public comment; these will include a

managing assaultive behavior policy and declining treatment/transport policy.

-CCCEMSA will be releasing a memorandum soon that will detail the sunset of a 2022 COVID era

memo that allows for BLS response to law enforcement requests for non-medical behavioral transport.

11.

The next meeting is currently scheduled for September 9, 2025.

Members requested an agenda item on A3 program.

12.

Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 12:38 p.m.

June 10 EMCC Materials Packet

Attachments:

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