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Incident medical Specialist

Incident medical Specialist. What you wanted to know , but were afraid to ask. RETURN to the IMS Program. Karen Hale, Columbia Cascade Dispatch Office, Assistant Center Manager. 360-891-5123 Liaison with IMS from the Training Officer and Dispatch Communities . Little Bit of History:

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Incident medical Specialist

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  1. Incident medical Specialist What you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask

  2. RETURNto the IMS Program • Karen Hale, Columbia Cascade Dispatch Office, Assistant Center Manager. 360-891-5123 • Liaison with IMS from the Training Officer and Dispatch Communities. • Little Bit of History: • Reaching out to the IMS group • Getting them talking with Dispatch and • Training

  3. IMS APPLICATION 2014 • Application came out just before furlough • Training Scheduled for March 31-April 4, 2014 • Application Deadline was January 31, 2014. • Selections were made on or around February 28. • Have Commitment from the Steering Committee : • 2015 Training will be on PNWTC website

  4. NEW AD HIRING for IMS Training • Hired as IMST(t) AD-F for Training Week • Accepted into program, attend training. • After training IMS Steering Committee will: • -Produce affidavit granting IMST to accepted individuals. • -N9013 and RT9013 in IQCS and certificates. • Will be hired as IMST AD-G for 2014 incidents. • All paperwork must be completed at local “Host Unit”. • Must comply with Host Unit Status procedures.

  5. IMS and EMTF • PNWCG letter dated 11/6/2013 • …AD and Supplemental Fire Dept. Resources…these individuals are not authorized to take courses for the purpose of adding additional IQCS qualifications to their red card….request a waiver deviating from this policy… • Proposal made to IMS Steering Committee: • -Identify all IMS (Ads and Supplemental fire Dept) that wish to have EMTF on their card. • -Send a “group” request to PNWCG representative for waiver. • Only those individuals identified on waiver, and having the proper IQCS documentation will be able to take the Arduous WCT.

  6. R6 IMS Dispatch Procedures • Procedures will be the same for 2014. • IMS Teams are already in the system assigned to T1 and Oregon T2 IMT’s. • IMS will be ordered as a group and sent to the Manager’s Host Unit to process. • Remember to prepare your Expandeds!

  7. Additional IMS • -Request for the type (IMST, IMSA, IMSM) and number will be submitted. • -Incident Host Unit will check local and/or neighbors for IMS • (available in ROSS) first. • -If no IMS available, order placed to NWCC. • -NWCC will query ROSS for closest forces. • Request will be sent to unit showing IMS available. • -If no IMS available, order will be UTF’d. • -Once Incident Unit receives the UTF, • -IMS Manager will make calls to individuals, for possible Name Request. • A new request will be submitted.

  8. INCIDENT HIRE OF EMT’s • Request should go through Expanded, but the actual hire should be through the Buying Team (BUYT). • Northwest should not be hiring EMT’s with the IMS program. • Don’t get the two confused.

  9. INCIDENT HIRE OF EMT’s continued • FYI- Quote from Ben McGrane and FACT team: • “There is a template in development, however, we don’t have that many so we prefer to go EERA via ITEAM to hire.” • Bottom-line: Incident requests EMT’s, have your Buying Team hire through local Fire Departments

  10. PROPOSAL • IMS Steering Committee conduct an AAR at season end. • Request each Dispatch Center to open a WILDCAD incident titled: • IMS Dispatching • Capture in the log any type of issue that comes up with the IMS teams, independent members, etc. • Will request the reports at season end. • Sort for similarities • Bring to the attention of the IMS Steering Committee: • Deficiencies , Issues • From the IMS group will bring Issues to the CMAC.

  11. IMS Steering Committee AAR • Issues: Task books • AD Hiring • FirelineEMTs • Rental Vehicles

  12. Summary • New Hires: IMST. Documentation should come from IMS Steering Group. • Adding EMTF to card: Documentation should come from IMS Steering Group. • IMS: Teams should be rostered. (IMST, IMSA, IMSM) • Additional individuals will be ordered as individual overhead and should be statused as available. Practice closest forces.

  13. Summary continued • EMT’s: Should be hired through Buying Team on EERA, unless your local area already have in Iteam. • AD Hiring: Do not hire EMT’s as AD’s. • If qualified through IMS program, hire as IMST, IMSA, IMSM.

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