HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Item - 2020-11-03 - Number 4.1 - First Responders Proclamation 4.1
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PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF LAKE OSWEGO, OREGON
RECOGNIZING 911 TELECOMMUNICATORS AS FIRST RESPONDERS
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Oswego desires to elevate the status of its 911
Emergency Telecommunicators to First Responders in a move that outpaces a similar
effort on the national level; and
WHEREAS, although Lake Oswego supports the Federal 911 Saves Act, which
has been introduced in Congress, the City should not wait for adoption of that Act before
giving its Emergency Telecommunicators the classification of First Responders that they
have earned and deserve; and
WHEREAS, all Emergency Telecommunicators within Lake Oswego are trained
in emergency medical dispatch, qualifying them to offer a variety of potentially lifesaving
instructions including CPR, bleeding control, choking, childbirth and airway
maintenance over the telephone until paramedics arrive on the scene; and
WHEREAS, in 2019, LOCOM 911 Emergency Telecommunicators gave medical
guidance to over 2,400 callers and triaged 31 cardiac arrest calls providing CPR
instructions to people in our community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Oswego provides 9-1-1 services to the cities of West
Linn, Milwaukie and Lake Oswego, each of which already consider LOCOM
Telecommunicators to be "the first,first responders"as their information and
instructions are critical to keeping residents and field units safe;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED, that from this day forward, Lake
Oswego Communications (LOCOM)Emergency Telecommunicators are hereby elevated
to the status of First Responders. LOCOM 9-1-1 Emergency Telecommunicators will
join 9-1-1 Telecommunicators who work at Clackamas Communications (C-COM) in this
designation, ensuring all Emergency Telecommunicators within Clackamas County are
equally recognized.
Dated this 3rd day of November, 2020
Lake Oswego Mayor
Kent Studebaker