Podcast guests include Committee members Dana Sechler and John Eich

The next live podcast of EMS Live in Wisconsin is Tuesday, October 11 starting at 9:00 a.m.  Our guests include Legislative Study Committee members Dana Sechler and John Eich.  The dial-in number is 646-929-1081, or listen on the internet at http://tobtr.com/9496619.

The Legislative Study Committee on Volunteer Firefighter and EMT Shortages has been meeting every month since July, listening to testimony and receiving correspondence from industry experts, fire and EMS leaders and elected officials on the subject.  Wisconsin has been riding along as firefighter and EMT staffing shortages have increased year-over-year, and were foretold back when two state legislative study committees were convened in the 1990s to address the topic twenty years ago.  Nothing was done either time - and actually the State's EMS Office shelved the Wisconsin EMS Advisory Board's recommendations.

According to Committee member Dana Sechler, "Eighty percent of the time legislative action comes out of a Study Committee".

Door County Emergency Services Director Dan Williams, who also served as chairman of the Wisconsin EMS Advisory Board in the 1990s and 2000s, the same board that offered recommendations to the two Legislative Study Committees in the 1990s, testified before the current Study Committee in August.  "We have to watch this very carefully.  We have to be very, very careful it is the right legislation.  This is a crucial problem - we have to get it right.", according to Williams.

Join the live program on Tuesday, October 11 starting at 9:00 a.m. and lasting 30 minutes.  The dial-in number is 646-929-1081, or listen on any internet connected device at http://tobtr.com/9496619.

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