ORDER-2017-87 : Acceptance of the EMD FY 2017 Training Grant in the amount of $76,070.61 from the Commonwealth of Mass., Executive Office of Public Safety (EOPS); Fund #4006

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▶ 11:36 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: Thank you. second order is order number 2017-87 it's the acceptance of an emd fy 2017 training grant in the amount of seventy six thousand seventy dollars and sixty one cents from the commonwealth of massachusetts executive office of public safety fund number four zero zero six we already are in suspension of rules so i see that we have chief lyle with us this evening would you like to come

▶ 12:07 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: forward chief and give us the lowdown good evening thank you for joining us emd is an abbreviation

▶ 12:16 Speaker 1: for emergency medical dispatch we've been doing this for approximately three years now basically when an emergency call comes into the police department it's a medical call we transfer it to cataldo ambulance they're our vendor for emd resource they they tier the call whether it's an als or bls they contact the fire department immediately and then they dispatch accordingly that is the emd portion and that is eighteen thousand dollars a year it's been the same figure since the grant started the rest is for training each one of our dispatchers is required annually to perform 16 hours of training this year was a little different where they did an upgrade to the 911 system to next gen which basically encompasses global positioning of a 911 call and that was eight hours of training for the new equipment in the police department so they're only doing eight hours of training this year and the remainder of the fees and the value there of the 58 000 covers that does anyone on the committee have any questions for

▶ 13:30 Jennifer L. Lemmerman: the chief on this motion to recommend for passage second lemon moves to

▶ 13:32 Mary Beth McAteer-Margolis: recommend seconded by Alderman Rizal all in favor aye opposed and that will be going forward to the full board next Tuesday you could probably stay right there chief if you don't mind because the next order is pertinent to you as well order number two zero one seven dash nine six it's the acceptance of the the FY 2017 State 9-1-1 Department Support and Incentive Grant in the amount of $56,187 from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety, fund number 2595.