Fleet

• New Civilian Fleet Manager, in line with fleet assessment
• New Civilian Assistant Fleet Manager.
• 30 New Ambulances were purchased between July and December, 2013.
• The fleet now contains over 60 ambulances ready every day, up from a low of 39 during the summer.
• 6 brand new pumpers will begin delivery in April.
• 4 aerial ladder trucks before the end of the fiscal year.

EMS

• CoAEMSP – in house Paramedic training program scheduled to begin in the Fall of 2014.
• Partnership with University of the District of Columbia.
• Hiring variance has allowed Department to hire 20 new Paramedics (18 on the street, 2 in training as of March 1, 2014).

Human Resources

• 88 new Fire Cadets.
• 22 veterans (3 have already graduated, 19 in April).
• New Assistant Chief of Operations.
• Other new hires in the pipeline aimed at bolstering the Department’s EMS capabilities.

IT

• Completing contract to replace the ePCRs with new tablets.
• Improved Wi-Fi connectivity with mobile hotspots on apparatus.
• Purchased controlled medication vending machines to be stored at hospitals and major fire stations for quick supply restocking.

Various

• Working with OUC to continue to improve our medical priority dispatch system.
• Medical Miranda card for MPD.
• “Obvious Death”
• Call Response Matrix.
• Send the right amount of units to calls.
• AED registry.

Performance Measures