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ITEM 8
City Council Memorandum Fire Memo No.
Date:
June 9, 2022
To:
Mayor and Council
Thru:
Joshua H. Wright, City Manager
Thomas Dwiggins, Fire Chief
From:
Subject:
Resolution No. 5587 Approving and Authorizing the Mayor to Execute the First Amendment to Education Services Agreement between the City of Chandler Fire Department and Dignity Health
Proposed Motion:
Move City Council pass and adopt Resolution No. 5587 approving a First Amendment to Education Services Agreement between the City of Chandler Fire Department and Dignity Health for paramedic neonatal resuscitation educational services.
Background:
For ten years, the Chandler Fire Department (CFD) has conducted a paramedic training program in conjunction with Phoenix College. Through a rigorous 10-month course conducted within the Department, firefighters have become certified as paramedics.
To reduce costs and provide CFD firefighters an optimal education, the Department is applying for accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) for its own paramedic program. Currently, CFD has been approved by CAAHEP to begin the Letter of Review (LoR) process, which requires CFD to comply with the current Maricopa Community College District’s (MCCCD) paramedic educational curriculum. This curriculum requires paramedic students to become certified as a Neonatal Resuscitation Provider. Resolution No. 5587 allows CFD to extend its current agreement, previously approved by the Chandler City Council on June 24, 2021, under Resolution No. 5491, with Dignity Health to provide the educational requirements that CFD paramedic students need to become certified in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).
The term of the agreement commences upon execution of the contract and ends June 30, 2025. This agreement fulfills CAAHEP accreditation guidelines, MCCCD curriculum requirements, and certifies CFD paramedics as Neonatal Resuscitation Providers.
Financial Implications:
The Chandler Fire Department will pay Dignity Health $270 per two-hour classroom session taught at a ratio of one (1) educational instructor for every eight (8) CFD paramedic students in attendance. The training fee will be paid out of Chandler Fire existing account line 101.2220.5814.0.0.0.
Attachments
Resolution 5587
First Amendment
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