4238044 Public Oversight Roundtable Notice on "The Capacity at FEMS for Timely Ambulance Response"

COUNCILMEMBER TOMMY WELLS, CHAIRPERSON

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY AND PUBLIC SAFETY

ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC OVERSIGHT ROUNDTABLE

 

on

 

THE CAPACITY AT FEMS FOR TIMELY AMBULANCE RESPONSE

 

 

Thursday, March 28, 2013

11:30 a.m., Room 120, John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

            Councilmember Tommy Wells, Chairperson of the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety, announces the scheduling of a public oversight roundtable on the capacity of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS) to provide timely ambulance response to emergency calls.  The roundtable will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2013 in Room 120 of the John A. Wilson Building. 

 

            The purpose of this oversight roundtable is to receive testimony on the capacity of FEMS to provide timely ambulance response to emergency calls.  The roundtable will discuss recent events where FEMS could not provide an ambulance or medical transport when needed, and the current staffing and apparatus capacity of FEMS in this area.

 

Those who wish to testify should contact Ms. Tawanna Shuford at [phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail], and provide their name, address, telephone number, organizational affiliation and title (if any) by close of business Tuesday, March 26, 2013.  Persons wishing to testify are asked to submit 15 copies of written testimony.  Witnesses should limit their testimony to three minutes.  

 

If you are unable to testify at the roundtable, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to Ms. Shuford.  The record will close at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, 2013.