| 11/20/2006 |
Position filled - Office Manager
We're happy to announce that Amy Mays has accepted this office manager postion! Amy and her husband recently move to Montana from Louisiana and have survived several of our cold spells. Amy will be managing our office operations, budgets and projections, some contract and grant management and "other duties as assigned". Welcome her to EMSTS and Montana if you call. |
| 10/22/06 |
Position filled - Data Systems / Information Coordinator
We are pleased to announce that this position has been filled. Gail Hatch starts with us in the next couple of weeks and we look forward to her background in data and information management. Gail's duties will include management of our trauma registry, management of other data sources to support our office functions and oversite of aspects of our Health Information and Resource Management System (HIRMS) which is being developed and deployed. |
| 10/22/06 |
Drew Dawson Honored with Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award  |
| 07/10/06 |
Fires Possible When Cylinder Seals Misused
NIOSH and the FDA have issued a joint release warning users of fire danger when CGA 870 seals are used incorretly on oxygen cylinders. |
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Pam LaFountaine also leaves for the Department of Transportation
After over 10 years with the EMS and Trauma Systems Section, Pam LaFountaine has also taken a position with the DOT. Pam has been our data system manager and overall resource for anything else that needed to get done. |
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Pam Scotts leaves for the Department of Transportation
After over 14 years with the EMS and Trauma Systems Section, Pam Scott as taken a position with the DOT. Pam began in the office working with data management, but has long been 'on the road' meeting with EMS services to do license inspections. |
| 04/03/06 |
Denton ambulance director has been helping community for 20 years read more (pdf) |
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Congratulations to Drew Dawson on New NHTSA Position read more |
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NHTSA Publishes Inaugural Issue of EMS Update read more |
| 03/09/06 |
Navigating NHTSA: An Interview with Drew Dawson - read more- (pdf) |
| 01/10/06 |
The State of America’s Hospitals: Taking the Pulse
A survey of our nation’s community hospitals, illustrates hospitals’ daily challenges -read the report-  - 1 MB |
| 11/2005 |
Thom
Danenhower retires. -get
more info - |
| 11/2005 |
Billings Gazette -
Red Lodge celebration turns toxic
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November 14 pdf article -
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November 15 pdf article -
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November 16 pdf article - |
| 07/01/05 |
NHTSA EMS System Re-assessment Visit
/June 21-23 - Billings -
read the report- |
| 04/28/05 |
Alert!! Potential Cracks in Ford E350 & E450
Chassis -
get more info - |
| 04/28/05 |
TenKids
Bulletin Board is off-line -get
more info- |
| 03/11/05 |
USA Today Report: EMS lacks terrorism
training, equipment -read
more- |
| 03/04/05 |
FDA MedWatch - Class 1 recall of
Medtronic LIFEPAK 500 Automated External Defibrillators -read
more- |
| 03/01/05 |
Non-Fire Based EMS Organizations
May Now Be Eligible for FIRE Act Funds -get
more info- |
| 02/21/05 |
PDLS - Pediatric
Disaster Life Support - Schedule your course now!! -get
more info- |
| 02/07/05 |
EMS Live is a monthly education
forum using interactive video conferencing broadcasts -more- |
| 01/31/05 |
OSHA Offers Best Practices
for Hospitals Receiving Victims of Mass Caualties. -more- |
| 08/27/04 |
New organization - new site -more- |
| 08/06/04 |
Relatives of a Montana pilot
killed while fighting a southern Utah wildfire are seeking death
and disability benefits for crews that battle the blazes
under federal contract. -
more - |
| 06/20/04 |
Wayne Turner (EMT-I 85) passes
away tragically on June 17, 2004, while fighting the Dammeron
Complex forest fire near St. George, Utah. -more- |
| 06/15/04 |
Trauma Team Pulls Off Miracle -more- |
| 05/25/04 |
ODP Info Bulletin: Little Grant Funding Has Been Made Available to EMS -more- |
| 05/21/04 |
Smoke Alarm Program Saves
Elderly Couple -
more- |
| 05/10/04 |
Courses, Exam and CE Approval
now available on BOME website -more- |
| 05/06/04 |
DOT Releases Preliminary
Estimates Of 2002 Highway Fatalities -more- |
| 03/07/04 |
F. Ray Ruffatto accepts position
with the Kalispell Fire Department. -more- |
| 03/05/04 |
Falls Are Life-Threatening
Hazard for Elderly -more- |
| 01/13/04 |
Update on EMS & TS Reorganization. The section is not being dismantled. The opportunity for a strategic
change is here. -more- |
| 12/16/03 |
As of Monday, December 15th,
Ken Leighton-Boster resigned as Section Supervisor of the
EMS & TS Section -more- |
| 11/01/03 |
Town Pump to donate defibrillators to
Montana communities -more- |
| 08/01/03 |
Dayle Perrin has left the building... -more- |
| 07/29/03 |
USAToday series - Six Minutes to
Live or Die -more- |
| 03/16/03 |
CDC Link to SARS Guidance for EMS -more- |
| 03/03/03 |
Ambulance Crash-Related Injuries,
US, 1991-2002 -more- |
| 02/18/03 |
Drew Dawson Retiring from DPHHS -more- |
| 01/28/03 |
Good things in West Yellowstone -more- |
| 10/18/02 |
Former fire chief's widow gives $25,000
to stations -more- |
| 10/18/02 |
Followup Article - Talking Trauma - A Layman's Guide -more- |
| 10/17/02 |
Washington Post article - Speed
& Skill Saved Boy -more- |
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