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CITY OF LAUREL
EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Emergency Services Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on Monday, September 25,
2023, by Chair- Heidi Sparks
Members Present: Heidi Sparks- Chair, Jodi Mackay, Richard Klose, Bruce McGee,
Others Present: Police Chief Stan Langve, Ambulance Director Lyndy Gurchiek, Fire Chief JW
Hopper, Troy Charbonneau- Ambulance, Bridger Fournier- Fire Captain
Public Input: None
General Items
1. Approval of Emergency Services Committee minutes of August 28, 2023. Bruce McGee moved
to approve the minutes; Richard Klose seconded- Motion carried 4-0
New Business
2. Update from Emergency Departments
a. Ambulance Director Lyndy Gurchiek- Report attached
i. Items to note:
1. August was a busy month with 127 calls, unable to respond to 25 times or
20%
2. Should know by end of October if we received the MDT grant to
purchase and ambulance
3. Mill Levy education with various media outlets
b. Fire Chief JW Hopper- Report attached
i. Items to note:
1. NWE electrical training taking place this week
2. Going to be making a recruitment video to try to boost recruits
3. Open House on October I 11h from 6:00-9:00pm
4. DNRC Staffing is done for the season, numbers came in at about half of
last season
c. Police Chief Stan Langve- report attached
i. Items to note:
1. Total YTD for calls is 7,731 which is a 8.4% increase over the 3 -year
average, this includes 1001 crimes reported for a 15.3% increase over 3 -
year average
2. This past month has been prominently mental health calls along with theft
and disturbance
3. Two vendors being considered for the city's surveillance system
Old Business:
3. Mill Levy update- Yard signs are in and Director Gurchiek has been making rounds with media
and community events. Ballots will be mailed around October 18, 2023.
Other Items:
Announcements
4. Next Meeting will be Monday, October 23, 2023, at 6:OOpm in Council Chambers
Meeting adjourned at 6:28pm
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215 W. 1" Street Laurel, Mt. 59044 - Phone 406-628-8737 - Fax 406-628-4641
Chief of Police Stanley J Langve
Emergency Services Report September 2023
For the reporting period of August 26th through September24th, 2023, the FAP had 837 total
calls for service, with 101 crimes reported for the 30 -day period. At the time of the report the
FAPS calls for service were 7731 for the year. Which is an 8.4% increase over the 3 -year
average. This continues the statistical trend of reaching approximately10,500 Calls for Serves for
the year. YTD crimes reported (1001) is an increase of 15.3%. For the reporting period Calls for
Service were down -2.3% from 854 to 834 from the 3 -year average. From the Police Department
side, these numbers would have been even higher, but discretionary activity has been impacted
by the minimal staffing situation.
We currently have one applicant from the previous hiring cycle that we will be asking the
council to appoint at tomorrow evening's council meeting. There are two more applicants
currently in backgrounds. We have received 10 applications for this hiring cycle and began that
process today. I have spots reserved through the 2024 Calander year for the Law Enforcement
Academy.
Of note for the last month, Theft, Disterbance, and Mental Health calls have been prominent.
Code Enforcement has been very busy and making a positive impact. I have had several citizens
mention to me they appreciate his efforts. Our K-9 Officer Jackson Booth had a call out for an 8 -
year -old nonverbal child that walked out of her residence at night and was missing. Colt was
able to track the child and located her very quicky asleep nearby.
A couple of project updates,
I have two vendors in consideration for the City's surveillance system. We are currently testing
out a camera in the library on a trial basis.
All the repeaters have updated power backups. The new Fire repeater was installed but was only
operating at 50% output. The old repeater was reinstalled, and Dunne Communications is
working to identify and fix the problem. We are also beginning preliminary talks on identifying
needs and an action plan for connecting with the State's trunking network.
Respectfully,
Chief Langve
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Lam-1 Police
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215 W. 151 Street Laurel, Mt. 59044 • Phone 406-628-8737 • Fax 406-628-4641
Total Calls Printed on September 25, 2023
[CFS Date/Time] is between '2023-08-26 00:00:00' and '2023-09-25 23:59:59' and
[Primary Incident Code ->Code : Description] All
Code : Description
Totals
10-15 : With Prisoner
0
0
Abandoned Vehicle
16
16
Agency Assist
72
72
Alarm - Burglary
11
11
Alarm - Fire
5
5
AMB: Ambulance
107
107
Animal Complaint
12
12
Area Check
3
3
Assault
5
5
Bad Checks
0
0
Barking Dog
6
6
Bomb Threat
0
0
Burglary
0
0
Child Abuse/Neglect
2
2
Civil Complaint
14
14
Code Enforcment Violation
15
15
Counterfeiting
1
1
Page 1 of 5
Code : Description
Totals
Criminal Mischief
11
11
Criminal Trespass
6
6
Cruelty to Animals
1
1
Curfew Violation
2
2
Discharge Firearm
1
1
Disorderly Conduct
10
10
Dog at Large
22
22
Dog Bite
4
4
DUI : DUI Driver
5
5
: Duplicate Call
4
4
:Escape
0
0
Family Disturbance
16
16
Fight
2
2
FIRE : Fire or Smoke
16
16
Fireworks
2
2
Forgery
0
0
Found Property
5
5
Fraud
3
3
Harassment
4
4
Hit & Run
6
6
Identity Theft
0
0
Page 2 of 5
Code : Description
Totals
Indecent Exposure
0
0
Insecure Premises
0
0
Intoxicated Pedestrian
0
0
Kidnapping
0
0
Littering
0
0
Loitering
3
3
Lost or Stray Animal
15
15
Lost Property
5
5
Mental Health
3
3
Missing Person
5
5
Noise Complaint
1
1
Open Container
0
0
Order of Protection Violation
3
3
Parking Complaint
20
20
Possession of Alcohol
0
0
Possession of Drugs
3
3
Possession of Tobacco
2
2
Privacy in Communications
1
1
Prowler
0
0
Public Assist
52
52
Public Safety Complaint
3
3
Page 3 of 5
Code : Description
Totals
Public Works Call
5
5
Report Not Needed
5
5
Robbery
0
0
Runaway Juvenile
4
4
Sexual Assault
3
3
Suicide
0
0
Suicide - Attempt
0
0
Suicide - Threat
2
2
Suspicious Activity
77
77
Suspicious Person
9
9
Theft
37
37
Threats
11
11
Tow Call
1
1
Traffic Accident
27
27
Traffic Hazard
8
8
Traffic Incident
22
22
TRO Violation
0
0
Truancy
0
0
T/S : Traffic Stop
81
81
Unattended Death
1
1
Unknown - Converted
0
0
Page 4 of 5
Code : Description
Totals
Unlawful Transactions w/Minors 0 0
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle 0 0
Vicious Dog
Warrant
2 2
14 14
Welfare Check 23 23
Totals
837 837
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LAUREL FIRE DEPARTMENT
215 West 1 st Street • Laurel, Mt •59044.Office 406.628.4911 • Fax 406.628.2185
Emergency Services Meeting 8/28/2023-9/25/2023
Calls-
* Responded to 36 Total Calls for 8/28/2023-9/25/2023 (This includes fire drivers)
Training-
• MRL Haz-Mat
• NWE
• Maintenance
• After action reviews of calls.
o Vehicle Accident Holly Lane.
o Mutal Rescue Carbon County.
Department News-
• Current Numbers
0 35 Members
■ 1 firefighter on leave of absence.
■ 6 firefighters in Rookie School
■ 1 fire waiting for approval from the City Council & Mayor.
o Looking at making recruiting video.
• October is Fire Prevention Month
o School Visits
o Open House
■ October 1116 to 9 PM.
• New Truck Update
o Arrived 9/18/2023.
• DNRC Staffmg-
o Staffed a total of 1205 -Hours.
o Responded to 14 DNRC calls for current season.
• Misc.-
o Radio Repeater
o We received the grant back from DNRC, Attorney Braukman is reviewing to see what
we received.
o Putting a Team together to look at replacing Front Line Pumper.
■ The original truck we are looking at sold.
■ We have located a 2023 demo unit.
Laurel Emergency Services Report created 9/25/23:
2020 2021
1090 requests for service
159 times LEMS was unavailable
72 times AMR was unavailable
288 responses in Ward 5=27% of
calls outside of the city of Laurel
Recent Month Summary:
August 2023:
1228 requests for service
135 times LEMS was unavailable
34 times AMR was unavailable
318 responses in Ward 5=26% of
calls outside of the city of Laurel
Requests
127
Missed Calls
25 = 20%
Shortest Delay
4 minutes
Longest Delay
67 minutes
Average Delay
32 minutes
Fire Driver Available
25 times
City Driver Available
2 times
QRU Response With 1 Provider
1 time **
On A Previous Call
5 times
No Crew / Provider Available
19 times
AMR Transported or Responded
14 times
Red Lodge Transported
0 times
HELP Flight Transported
1 time
HELP Amb Transported or Responded
4 times
Columbus Transported
0 time
Joliet Transported
0 times
Park City Transported
0 times
Beartooth Ambulance
0 times
PD Assisted Pt or Transported
2 times
FD Assisted Pt no transport
1 times
POV Transport
3 times
Refusal or no transport
0 time
YCSO Transported
0 times
MHP Transported
0 times 7--j
2022
1238 requests for service
177 times LEMS was unavailable
48 times AMR was unavailable
351 responses in Ward 5=29% of
calls outside of the city of Laurel
E ERGENC\
3 W
U
OAC% Q -
**0 times the QRU responded and the patient refused / no transport to hospital or no patient found
32 responses in Ward 5 = 26 % of calls outside of the city of Laurel
2023 Running Totals
Other Reporting Information *correction made after report given
-we applied for the MDT ambulance grant again this year, we should hear back by end of October. If awarded we have to provide a 10% match which was budgeted.
-we were able to purchase a desk top and a Toughbook through a EMS Data Systems Fund grant. Purchased and then reimbursed through this grant. They have arrived. This is just over
$8000.00
-staffing— New full time employee is in training as a medic. New volunteers in training, doing well.
-working on updating policy and procedures /training manual.
-been working hard on the Mill Levy education, have completed Q2, Big J show, met with Laurel SBA, have lots more scheduled. Yard signs arrived, will work on getting them out. Will have
the Community Medicine crew going door to door with flyers and some prevention education. If anyone has a group they want us to come and visit please reach out, we want to talk with
anyone and everyone that will listen.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August September
October November December Total 2023
Requests
107
98
102
85
116
115
116
127
866
Missed Calls
6
10
9
16
15
19
17
25
117
Shortest Delay (minutes)
25
10
17
5
2
10
15
4
2
Longest Delay (minutes)
28
42
52
70
71
68
55
67
71
Average Delay (minutes)
26
30
32
30
22
29
32
32
1 31
Fire Driver Available
22
14
8
7
12
6
13
25
101
City Driver Available
2
3
2
1
3
0
1
2
23
QRU Response w 1 Provider
0
0
3
3
4
5
5
1
21
On A Previous Call
6
6
0
1
1
4
4
5
27
No Crew / Provider Available
0
4
6
12
11
14
12
19
78
AMR Transported or Responded
6
7
8
9
6
15
12
14
77
Columbus Transported
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
Joliet Transported
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
Park City Transported
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1 1
Red Lodge Transported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Beartooth Transported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
HELP Flight Transported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
HELP Amb Transported or Responded
2
4
6
POV Transport
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
3
12
Refusal or No Transport
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
4
PD Assisted Pt or transported
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
2
5
FD Assisted Pt no transport
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
3
YCSO Transported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MHP Transported
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
QRU/AMR, Refusal or No Patient
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
4
Responses in Ward 5
43
26
24
29
32
38
36
32
228
Other Reporting Information *correction made after report given
-we applied for the MDT ambulance grant again this year, we should hear back by end of October. If awarded we have to provide a 10% match which was budgeted.
-we were able to purchase a desk top and a Toughbook through a EMS Data Systems Fund grant. Purchased and then reimbursed through this grant. They have arrived. This is just over
$8000.00
-staffing— New full time employee is in training as a medic. New volunteers in training, doing well.
-working on updating policy and procedures /training manual.
-been working hard on the Mill Levy education, have completed Q2, Big J show, met with Laurel SBA, have lots more scheduled. Yard signs arrived, will work on getting them out. Will have
the Community Medicine crew going door to door with flyers and some prevention education. If anyone has a group they want us to come and visit please reach out, we want to talk with
anyone and everyone that will listen.