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    • About the EMS Authority - Mission, Vision, Contacts, Responsibilities, Organization, History
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    • Training Programs - EMS Personnel, Epinephrine, Child Care Provider, and School Bus Driver
    • Enforcement Page - Process, Report an individual or organization, Regulations
    • Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination
    • Tactical Casualty Care And Medicine For Special Operations - Tactical Casualty Care Tactical Medicine California Tactical EMS Committee
    • Epinephrine Certification
    • Scope of Practice, Trial Study - Local Optional Scope, AED, and Hemostatic Dressings
    • DNR, POLST, Medallions - DNR and POLST Forms
    • EMS Education
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    • Local EMS Agencies - Locations, Contacts, Websites, Multicounty EMS Agency Information
    • Hospital And Specialty Care - Trauma, STEMI, Stroke, EMS for Children, CP/TAD
    • Communications
    • Systems Organization And Management - EMS Planning, Transportation, Maddy EMS Fund
    • Data Collection - APOT, CEMSIS, HIE, Quality Improvement
    • Public Information And Education - California Poison Control Illness and Injury Prevention Resources
  • Disaster
    • Disaster Medical Services Division (DMS)
    • California Medical Assistance Team (CAL-MAT)
    • Plans
    • Hospitals - Hospital Incident Command System (HICS)
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    • Response Resources - Assets, Teams
    • Ambulance Strike Team - Ambulance Strike Teams / Medical Task Forces (AST/MTF) Program
    • Disaster Training
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EMS Communications

The EMS Authority is responsible for EMS communication systems planning and improving interoperability communication among EMS participants and uniformity for emergency medical dispatch through medical control of each local EMS agency Medical Director.

Documents
  • EMS Communications Plan (pdf)
  • SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum Brochure (Apr 2005) (pdf)
  • SAFECOM Statement of Requirements version 1.1 (pdf)
  • EMSA #146: Statewide EMS Operations and Communications Resource Manual, Revised 12-2024 (pdf)
  • Liability Protection for Dispatching available under Health and Safety Code 1799.107
Communication Links
  • National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 11-17
  • Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials, Inc. (APCO)
  • Northern California Chapter (NAPCO)
  • California Public-Safety Radio Association (CPRA)
  • APCO-International Public-Safety Communications Award Program
EMD Resources and Training Links
  • APCO Institute
  • Charles A. Jones Career & Education Center
  • National Academies of Emergency Medical Dispatch (NAEMD)
  • Northern California Training Institute
  • Powerphone, Inc.
  • Priority Dispatch Corporation
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