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STATE OF WASHINGTON
County of Jefferson
IN THE MATTER TO REAUTHORIZE THE )
FORMATION OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY )
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) )
RESOLUTION NO. ______
AND TRAUMA CARE COUNCIL )
WHEREAS,
the National Highway Act of 1966 set forth the original requirement for local
governments to establish an agency in order to upgrade the standards of Emergency Medical Services
(EMS), and provide for training of pre hospital care providers; and
WHEREAS
, the Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care Council was formed
in June of 1977, by Resolution of the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners under
Resolution number 19-76 as a non-profit corporation; and
WHEREAS
, in 1990 the Washington State Department of Health and Social Services in conjunction
with the Washington State legislature did update and adopt RCW 70.168.120, Defining the powers and
duties of the Local and Regional EMS Councils; and
WHEREAS
, currently existing EMS Council consists of representatives of East Jefferson Fire Rescue,
Quilcene Fire Department, Quilcene Volunteer Ambulance Service, Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue,
Brinnon Fire Department, Discovery Bay Fire Department, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department,
Jefferson County Search and Rescue, the Port Townsend Paper Mill, Navy Region NW – Indian Island,
Jefferson County Medical Program Director, Jefferson Health Care, as well as members of the public at
large; and
WHEREAS
, the existing EMS Council is governed by a Board consisting of a Chairperson, Vice
Chairperson and a Secretary-Treasurer and governed by a set of By-Laws approved by the entire
membership of the EMS Council; and
WHEREAS
, the Jefferson County EMS and Trauma Care Council in its expanding role as the leader in
training and continuing education of all Jefferson County Pre-Hospital Care Providers request of the
Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners reaffirmed under existing Washington State RCW’s
the Council mandate to exist as a political subdivision of Jefferson County and the State of Washington;
and
WHEREAS
, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners recognizes and understands the
need for uniform and established EMS prehospital care to the public, and the need for a coordinated
training and continuing education system, given the mandate by the State of Washington, and in the
letter and the spirit of the content of RCW 70.168.120 (1);
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners
:
1.HEREBY authorizes and reaffirms the Jefferson County Emergency Medical Services
and Trauma Care Council (hereinafter “the Council”) as a non-profit corporation of the
State of Washington created and empowered pursuant to RCW 70.168.120 et seq.