Background Materials
September 2023
A final decision was made during the Selectboard meeting held on September 19. The Selectboard voted unanimously for the municipal model of emergency services. Click here for backup material from that meeting.
A public forum was held on September 12 at Brooks Memorial Library. Watch below.
The Fire-EMS Transition Project was discussed during the Selectboard meeting on September 7 (originally scheduled on September 5, but later rescheduled due to technical issues). Material for that meeting is below:
- Updated EMS Memo
- Fire-EMS Update Memo
- American Medical Response (AMR) Proposal
- AMR Cost Proposal
- Rescue Inc. Proposal
- Rescue Inc. Cost Proposal
August 2023
The Fire-EMS Transition Project was discussed during the August 15 Selectboard meeting. View the backup materials from that meeting here.
July 2023
The Selectboard discussed the Fire-EMS Transition Project on July 25. Click here to view a general update for the month of July. In addition, the following topics were discussed:
- Public engagement
- Information about the operating model for the municipal EMS approach (presentation here)
- A summary of the two Requests for Information received
- Results of the Request for Information (RFI #1 and #2)
- A draft Request for Proposals for the contracted EMS track
June 2023
The Town circulated a Request for Information (RFI) on June 1 to local and regional vendors. Click here to view the RFI. Responses to the RFI were due on June 30. The Town will present the information it receives from the RFI process to the Selectboard in July.
Watch the June 20 Selectboard meeting below. View the presentation here. More details can be found in the meeting's backup material, which begins on page 123.
May 2023
Download the in-house revenue estimate (Excel file), which was the basis of a presentation during the May 16 Selectboard meeting. More details can be found in the meeting's backup material, which begins on page 140. Watch that meeting below.
Watch the the Town Manager's remarks about the Fire-EMS Transition Project Plan to the Selectboard on May 2, 2023.
View a memo outlining the Fire-EMS Transition Project Plan dated May 2, 2023.
March 2023
Watch the Town Manager's remarks about the EMS service delivery approach to the Selectboard on March 21, 2023. Video embedded below:
View a second memo regarding the EMS service delivery approach dated March 17, 2023.
View a memo to the Selectboard about the EMS service delivery approach dated March 10, 2023.
February 2023
Watch AP Triton's second presentation to the Selectboard on Feb. 7, 2023. Video embedded below:
View an EMS Strategy Memo to the Selectboard dated Feb. 3, 2023.
December 2022
Watch AP Triton’s first presentation to the Selectboard on Dec. 20, 2022. View AP Triton's slides here. Video embedded below:
The public safety consulting firm AP Triton published a feasibility study in December 2022. Their report provided potential models for delivering emergency medical services to the Brattleboro community as well as potential costs and risks associated with each option.
View AP Triton's EMS Feasibility Study here. Physical copies of the report are available at Brooks Memorial Library.