A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Declaring The Week Of May 18-24, 2025, As National Emergency Medical Services Week In Pasco County

49:39All in favor? All in aye. All right, then we have RS5. Commissioner Mariano.

49:46If you're here for National Emergency Medical Services Week in Pasco County, please step up to the podium.

50:00I'll go ahead and read the resolution as you're making your way to the podium. Resolution number 25-232, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring the week of May 18th through the 24th, 2025, as National Emergency Medical Services Week in Pasco County, whereas National Emergency Medical Services, EMS, week was first established in nineteen seventy four by President Gerald Ford, making this year the fifty first annual national EMS Week.

50:31ANRAS EMS Week is a celebration to honor the over 1 million EMS providers nationwide for their service and sacrifices. It is also an opportunity for FIRE and EMS crews to continue to raise public awareness about the critical role of EMS in the community. And whereas EMS Week recognizes the members of the emergency medical services team who provide a vital public service and are on the front lines ready to administer life saving life-saving care and services to all residents in need in Pasco

51:01County twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. And RASE MS System members, daily hard work, especially in potentially fatal situations, dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. ANRAS, the members of the EMS team engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their life-saving skills. The EMS system consists of emergency physicians, nurses,

51:32skilled dispatchers, emergency medical technicians, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, first responders, educators, administrators, and others who provide quality emergency care. And RAS, the 2025 Emergen National Emergency Medical Services Week theme We Care for Everyone emphasizes the dedication and compassion of emergency medical services professionals who provide life-saving care to individuals in need regardless of their circumstances. And whereas it

52:02is important to recognize the value and accomplishments of emergency medical service providers and to honor them by designating the week of May 18th through the 24th, 2025, as National Emergency Medical Services Week. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby proclaims the week of May 18th through the 24th, 2025, as National Emergency Services Week in Pasco County and encourages the citizens of Pasco County to join in expressing appreciation for the exemplary efforts, hard

52:32work, exceptional services, and dedication provided by the individuals who work for Pasco County Fire Rescue. Dun and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting the sixth day of May 2025.

52:43School approval?

52:48Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd like to thank you guys for your service, your whole team. I think the way you guys carry yourselves and the way you serve our people make you a group in the nation that's uh respected as uh one of the best departments there are. Uh you guys are innovative, you're caring, um, and you're you help on the right-of-way. help our citizens better too. So I just want to thank you for the great work you guys do every every day, day in and out, day out.

53:13Um Commissioner Oakley?

53:15Yeah, I'd like to thank you for all the work you do and your people go through to uh help our citizens throughout the county and see more it seems like it's happening more often than not that we're opening new stations all the time which Provides that infield and uh in a shorter time frame in in service than our citizens. So I certainly appreciate everything you do.

53:38And Commissioner Weightman.

53:39Thank you, Chair. It's good to have you all here today. Exciting to see you in the building. Recognize all the hard work you do, not just for our county, but for everybody who lives here, our businesses, keeping those, keeping their everything up to date. That way folks can shop and spend money and go to work and and and not worry about things that you all do. And uh just grateful that you could choose any s of the all sixty-seven counties, you choose Pasco to to work here and know that we do our best every budget cycle

54:10to try to figure out ways to retain and recruit. And uh it's you know a testament to the leadership of our fire service and EMS service on how to get folks to uh come to Pasco and say, hey, this would be a great place to train and work and hopefully live a live a good life. So proud to recognize you all today and very happy you're here with us this morning.

54:31Commissioner

54:32Yeager.

54:33Yeah, so I wanna say um thank you for everything you do for our community and I also wanna just touch on what you guys do for the for the youth. So my son is in the cadet program and the people running this program are pouring into these kids. I mean My son last night he's talking forty-five minutes when he got home from the cadets last night and he's doing a ride along with somebody in Clearwater and and it's just sky's the limit. Like he he has His

55:03path is so solid and that he cannot wait to work for Pasco County. I am so proud of you guys. You know, and here here's another example. I I had put on Facebook that, you know, my son's team was one game away from being in the state championship. And you know what? A bunch of firefighters showed up to the game to support the kids. Like that meant so much to that to the team. So just thank you for everything you do from everything in the community and I just wanted to

55:33touch on the youth because what you guys do is absolutely Incredible. Thank you.

55:41Well um I too would uh say that's as I always say, you you're just every time I I'm out on the road I see you guys. And I we have some new faces here today though. So I guess you mix it around when uh when you when you bring the guys in. So um and girls. I don't think we have we have oh yeah, we have one to here today. So thank you so much for all you do. Um Gosh, I I I can't even imagine uh What would happen if you know we didn't have you guys. Hopefully we get to keep our state funding. And

56:11uh keep I shouldn't go into that. That's a little crazy times in Tallahassee. Um but uh again we all we all appreciate everything that you do and the dedication you have to our citizens and our county administrator would like to say something.

56:26Yeah, just just briefly echo echo the sentiment you guys are critical infrastructure at the end of the day. Again, similar to public work. We we could not go on with life, literally in this cases, uh with without you. I mean we are probably one of the busiest ambulatory services in the entire state of Florida. Uh you guys are out there, you know, humping a lot of ground. uh to make to make stuff happen. And so uh those first minutes are critical and we we continue to make those investments to try to help you reach our citizens on their worst day as quickly as possible. So thank you Chief and and

56:56just thank you to the team for everything that you guys do.

56:59And you want to address us?

57:00Yes, ma'am. Thank you all of you for your support, especially the citizens as well. It doesn't ever go unnoticed. And you know, Pasco County's been making headlines recently for a lot of new things that we're doing, but what we have done consistently is had some of the best paramedics in the state. And these guys save lives every day better than any other agency around us. And you know, they run the line, share what we do. Our um rescue crews are gonna run probably 90,000 calls this year. And some of the stuff that we're doing in the back of these ambulances is literally life-saving.

57:30So we're at the we're the tip of the spear. as Ms. Murphy likes to put it, uh as far as uh treatment and saving lives and and um you know uh procedures in the back of an ambulance and if you ever had time to come right along with us for a day you would absolutely be amazed at what these men and women are doing in the back of there. So uh we can't thank them enough. They are literally saving lives every day and we appreciate your guys' support. Thank you so much. Much.

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59:15We have now RS5.