Weber County staff propose countywide committee for paramedic, heavy-rescue and hazmat coordination

Commissioner Gage Frower asked Weber Emergency Service Manager Lisa Gosline to describe a resolution she requested to create a county-level committee for paramedic, heavy-rescue and hazmat coordination.

Gosline said the proposed resolution "was to create a committee, for heavy rescue and for paramedic, but would also include hazmat." She described the committee as inclusive: "It has representation from each fire agency in the county, so that they would have input on any of the funding, the purchases, the training that has to do with paramedic program, also with hazmat, and then with, heavy rescue as well." Gosline added the structure would "give everyone a seat at the table so that as they discuss different issues or different projects that they would like to do, They all get representation."

The transcript records the request and Gosline's description of the committee's scope and purpose but does not record a formal vote or an adoption outcome for the resolution in the provided segments. The discussion frames the committee as a venue for county fire agencies to coordinate funding priorities, equipment purchases and training related to paramedic services, heavy rescue and hazardous materials response.

Next steps were not specified in the transcript excerpt. The record shows the resolution was requested and explained during the briefing, but no motion-maker, second, vote tally or formal direction is reported in the available segments.