Smile of a Child -  The Rochester community has long been a supporter of the Special Olympics and this season we have the privilege of hosting the 2008 Winter Games.  Your help is needed to provide a safe event for these Special Athletes, while participating in a variety of locations thruout the Rochester area.
This event will be held during the weekend of February 9th, with a majority of the EMS needs being on Saturday, when 36 EMS positions could be filled to assist local Ambulance(s), by providing First Response EMS at the event sites.

Please contact Drew Roche, who is coordinating these EMS Standbys at 520-5405 or firedoc1976@tmail.com ,  by February 1, 2008 to allow for applications,  background checks and necessary information and supplies to be taken care of prior to these events.  You will be provided with equipment to supplement your personal EMS resources.

Thanks in advance for helping out at this valuable cause and helping to keep these Special Olympians safe.  The Greatest joy that you will receive from this event, will be the Smile of a Child as they accomplish their long sought after goal.

STEP Conference - Please keep the weekend of April 11, 2008 open to attend the annual STEP Conference at the RIT Conference Center.  This yearly event is one of the premiere EMS Conferences in the area and will again feature EMS Awards, Nationally renowned  and local event based speakers, vendors and interaction between all areas of Emergency Services. 
 
Nazareth College CPR Recognition - Thank you to everyone involved in this event, as well as those able to join us this past Friday to celebrate this Great event.  Drew Coviello, the referee that was resuscitated appreciated the opportunity to meet the people who ALL played a Important part in his Chain of Survival on November 18, 2007.

Public Safety Communications Update  - All Emergency Service agencies are asked to have a Senior Operations Officer and their Communications Officer attend the yearly Communications Summit being held o n Saturday, January 26, 2008  at 0900,  in the Greater Rochester International Airport Arrival Hall.  The event will provide details on the many Public Safety based Communications projects that are being undertaken and planned in the area during 2008 and later.

Trauma Study - The Strong Hospital ED Trauma study is still being conducted and your input is needed  Associates of the project are still contacting EMS crews within the ED and your participation will help shape the future of Emergency Medicine locally.

Your input is needed - Please view the proposed protocol updates at http://www.mlrems.org and provide your input to help shape the development of our local EMS treatment protocols.  Your input is valuable in this process and is requested back within twenty (20) days

Third Battalion Training - We have been given the opportunity to host local training at three (3) locations in the Battalion for a variety of EMS levels.  Please consider joining one of these classes to get or keep your EMS up-to-date



Calendar:

January 21 - Martin Luther King Day

January 23 - Third Battalion Administrative Officers meeting - Perinton - 1900 hours

January 26 - Communications Briefing at Airport Terminal - 0900
   
 
Bill Evans
Third Battalion Deputy EMS Coordinator 

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