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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2015 Page 21 care directive; and the need for educating families about honoring choices and fol- low-up assistance from facilitators in creating a directive. Councilmember Etten thanked the Task Force for their awesome work on this ef- fort. Mayor Roe agreed with Councilmeinber Etten and thanlced them for their willing- ness to continue with their efforts by reinventing themselves as "CHAT." Fire Department Closest Unit Dispatching and Share Services Presentation Fire Chief Tiin O'Neill and Battalion Chief David Brosnahan were available to present a concept for "Closest Unit Dispatching" resulting from a committee of Rainsey County Fire Chiefs in 2014 to research and evaluate opportunities for in- creased shared services among their departments. Battalion Chief Brosnahan's presentation was provided as part of the RCA dated November 16, 2015. Discussion Councilmember Etten sought clarification on whether police paramedic respond- ers were involved for cardiac arrest, with Chief Brosnahan advising that they were not, since the City of Maplewood was the only city with police responders with that expertise, and they were not included. Using the computer aided dispatch (CAD) software systems, and in call-bacic cit- ies, Councilmember Etten questioned if Roseville emergency staff could arrive faster in another jurisdiction, did our service within their borders put inore of our emergency personnel outside Roseville borders to a greater extent than today. Chief O'Neill responded that the closest unit dispatching program was based on hirnout time, and depending on initial dispatching, once the other jurisdiction ar- rived, the situation would be slowly t�irned over to their personnel. Chief O'Neill noted that this process and dispatching would be part of the testing period and evahiation; including iinpacts to each jurisdiction and the overall turnout response for Rainsey County. Given the ongoing shortage of emergency personnel and staffing throughout the County, Chief O'Neill noted that Roseville Fire Depart- ment was typically at most regional fires anyway. As an example, just today, Ro- seville had been called by the City of Falcon Heights to assist before they were able to arrive on the scene of a fire in their coininunity; and again today, Roseville had been called to Little Canada as part of the auto-aid agreeinent with the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department (LJVFD) based on their location and irrnne- diate dispatch capability. Chief O'Neill opined that the only unknown and addi- tional jurisdiction would be with the City of St. Paul and how that may or may not impact turnout time. Councilmember Etten noted his concern was with inore frequent medicals rather than fires, and given a significant ainount of them within the City of Roseville,