STREET MEDIC - FEDERAL EMS OFFICE SURVEY
Are you satisfied with the level of support and assistance that you and your EMS organization currently receive from the federal government?
| 12% (2) | YES | |
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| 87% (14) | NO |
16 voters have answered this question.
If you answered "No" the previous question why? Check all that apply.
| 78% (11) | Lack of EMS specific and targeted grant funds | |
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| 71% (10) | Lack of EMS pertinent research to support the health & safety of field providers | |
| 64% (9) | Lack of EMS specific technical support for operational issues |
14 voters have answered this question.
Do you believe that EMS should remain as an organizational subunit of the US Department of Transportation (DOT)/ NHTSA?
| 12% (2) | YES | |
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| 87% (14) | NO |
16 voters have answered this question.
Do you support the creation of a single federal EMS agency that is equal in stature to the USFA with sustainable EMS specific funding?
| 86% (13) | YES | |
|---|---|---|
| 13% (2) | NO |
15 voters have answered this question.
Where should that agency should be housed?
| 50% (8) | Department of Homeland Security | |
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| 12% (2) | Department of Transportation | |
| 31% (5) | Health & Human Services | |
| 0% (0) | US Fire Administration | |
| 6% (1) | Don't Know |
16 voters have answered this question.
Does your EMS system issue personal protective equipment to its members such as CBRNE PPE, respirators and turnouts? (Personal Protective Equipment for the purpose of this question is not JUST your blood borne pathogen equipment on the vehicle)
| 43% (7) | YES | |
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| 56% (9) | NO |
16 voters have answered this question.
Is your EMS system suffering from member recruitment and retention problems?
| 87% (14) | YES | |
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| 12% (2) | NO |
16 voters have answered this question.
What is your primary EMS affiliation?
| 43% (7) | Career EMS (3rd Service) | |
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| 6% (1) | Career Fire Service Cross Trained | |
| 0% (0) | Career Fire Service - EMS Only (not cross trained) | |
| 12% (2) | Career Hospital Based | |
| 18% (3) | Career Private Ambulance Service | |
| 18% (3) | Volunteer EMS agency | |
| 0% (0) | Volunteer EMS Fire Based |
16 voters have answered this question.
Does your EMS organization provide full service or just first response assistance to the EMS agency having juridictional authority?
| 93% (15) | Full Service EMS | |
|---|---|---|
| 6% (1) | First Response Assistance to the EMS Agency having juridictional authority |
16 voters have answered this question.
I function as my primary EMS role as a:
| 81% (13) | EMS Field Provider / ALS or BLS | |
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| 6% (1) | Instructor | |
| 12% (2) | Field Supervisor / Field Manager/Chief Officer | |
| 0% (0) | Administrator/Regulator |
16 voters have answered this question.
Do you believe that regardless of what organization or model provides EMS at the local level that they should have an equal voice for EMS support at the national level?
| 100% (15) | YES | |
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| 0% (0) | NO |
15 voters have answered this question.
Do you believe that EMS, Fire and Law Enforcement are separate but equally important functions and should be represented as such at the federal level?
| 93% (15) | YES | |
|---|---|---|
| 6% (1) | NO |
16 voters have answered this question.
Please send your additional comments to this informal polling and any interest in helping Washington to realize that EMS is a critical component of emergency response in this nation to streetmedicsurvey@gmail.com
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