Sunday, 18 August 2019
The 2017 session of the Virginia General Assembly opened January 11 and adjourned on February 25. One additional session will be held on April 5 to consider any Governor vetos. The council tracked bills and resolutions of interest to the EMS community.
There are nearly 30 million victims of forced labor and human trafficking in a $150 billion industry globally. Unfortunately, the Hampton Roads region isn’t exempt from this activity. The Chesapeake Fire Department has focused on the issue of human trafficking. Their goals, and perhaps the goals that your EMS agency and fire department might set as well, are:
• To be cognizant of the subversive culture of sex and labor slavery and its existence in Hampton Roads
• To be mindful that this culture involves extremely dangerous criminals and horrendously victimized human beings
• To act as an organization in a manner that denies safe harbor for sex and labor criminal systems.
The Tidewater EMS Council Board of Directors elected several new directors and filled key vacancies during its quarterly meeting on December 8, 2016. Wayne E. Shank was elected treasurer, W. Travis Kirby and Dennis J. Keane were elected to the board, and Janice E. McKay and Jeffrey J. Meyer were elected to the executive committee.
On Thursday, January 13, 2017 the Rotary Club of Portsmouth held their 16th Annual Portsmouth Public Safety Personnel Awards luncheon. Two of this year’s honorees are Master Firefighter/Paramedic Emil Majetich and Firefighter/Advanced EMT Reginald Bolton. Both were recognized for their outstanding performance of duties and dedication to the citizens of the City of Portsmouth.
Governor Terry McAuliffe today (11/21/2016) announced that State Health Commissioner Marissa J. Levine, MD, MPH, FAAFP, has declared the Virginia opioid addiction crisis a Public Health Emergency.
This declaration comes in response to the growing number of overdoses attributed to opioid use, and evidence that Carfentanil, a highly dangerous synthetic opioid used to sedate large animals such as elephants, has made its way its way into Virginia. A Public Health Emergency is an event, either natural or manmade, that creates a health risk to the public.
Read more: Opioid Addiction Crisis Declared a Public Health Emergency in Virginia
| Education and Training Committee Meeting Wed Aug 21 @ 9:30AM - 11:30AM |
| Office Closed - Labor Day Mon Sep 02 @12:00AM |
| Board Of Directors Meeting Thu Sep 05 @ 6:00PM - 08:00PM |
| OMD Committee Meeting Tue Sep 10 @12:00PM - 02:00PM |
| Patient & Provider Safety PI Meeting Thu Sep 12 @ 1:00PM - 02:00PM |
| Trauma/Triage PI Meeting Thu Sep 12 @ 2:30PM - 03:30PM |
| Education and Training Committee Meeting Wed Sep 18 @ 9:30AM - 11:30AM |
| TEMS Quarterly Drug/IV Box Inventory Wed Sep 18 @ 4:30PM - 04:31PM |
| Commercial EMS Agencies Committee Thu Sep 19 @10:00AM - 12:00PM |
| EMS Medical Operations Committee - TEMS Wed Oct 09 @12:00PM - 02:00PM |
| Tactical Emergency Casualty Care Course Sun Aug 25 @ 9:00AM - 05:00PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Wed Aug 28 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Thu Aug 29 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Fri Sep 06 @ 8:00AM - 05:00PM |
| Consolidated Test at Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center Wed Sep 25 @ 6:00PM - 10:00PM |
| NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS Wed Oct 30 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| NIMS ICS-300 TRAINING: WHO MUST TAKE IT, WHAT IT COVERS Thu Oct 31 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| Consolidated Testing at Norfolk Fire-Rescue Training Center Wed Nov 20 @ 6:00PM - 10:00PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Mon Dec 09 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
| NIMS ICS 400 Tue Dec 10 @ 8:30AM - 05:30PM |
