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T~ESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1989 <br /> <br />projects planned for 1989, and difficulties with which this organization is now <br />faced, such as declining membership numbers, with a corresponding adverse <br />effect upon fund-raising efforts and upon training. Even so, members of <br />Council and other City officials expressed appreciation of the work'of the <br />Volunteer Fire Company and its valuable contribution over the years, as an <br />adjunct to the City's regular Fire Department, in the areas of fire prevention <br />and the protection of persons and property. <br /> <br />By letter and in person, on behalf of the Rescue Squad Association of Henry <br />County & Martinsville (Mr. Melvin L. French, President), Mr. James E. Peverall, <br />Jr., of the Martinsville-Henry county Rescue Squad, accompanied by other rescue <br />squad associates, requested that the Henry County Board of Supervisors and <br />Martinsville City Council jointly authorize a comprehensive study of the local <br />Emergency Medical Services System ("EMS") to ascertain what can be done by both <br />the rescue squads and the two local governments to maintain the integrity of <br />the EMS System and to provide the best pre-hospital emergency medical care for <br />each dollar expended. In making this request, the Rescue Squad Association, in <br />addition to enumerating seven major areas of concern and problems now adversely <br />affecting thelocal rescue squads, cited seven specific questions which should <br />be addressed in the requested study, as follows: <br /> <br /> 1. What resources in personnel and equipment are currently <br /> available? <br /> <br /> 2. What is the projected volume of emergency calls over the next <br /> several years? <br /> <br /> 3. What staffing levels will be required to meet projected needs? <br /> <br /> 4. What is the projected cost of ~MS in the future? <br /> <br /> 5. What standard of care are the public and the medical <br /> profession expecting for pre-hospital emergency medical <br /> services? <br /> <br /> <br />