DEPARTMENT: San Antonio Fire Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Charles N. Hood
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma, Mobile Integrated Health/Mental Health Unit Program for Intensive Care Collaboration (PICC) Donation Acceptance
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of a donation from the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) to the San Antonio Fire Department in the amount up to $311,820, approves a program budget, and appropriates funds up to $310,320 to be used by the Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) unit of the EMS division of the San Antonio Fire Department for SAFD personnel costs and $1,500 for equipment to be used by the San Antonio Fire Department to help improve outpatient services of residents who are repeatedly emergency detained by law enforcement officers and taken to local hospitals due to mental illness. Funding is for the period of January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) was established to facilitate the development, implementation, and operation of a regional comprehensive trauma and emergency healthcare system based on accepted standards of care to decrease morbidity and mortality. Funds from STRAC are awarded to assist in improving the functionality of EMS agencies in the State of Texas. STRAC has received donation funding for a program, called the Program for Intensive Care Collaboration (PICC) from the South Texas Crisis Collaborative (STCC), which is comprised of various healthcare systems and philanthropic organizations to reduce the number of high volume emergency detentions to local hospitals.
In 2018 there were over 14,000 emergency detentions by the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) that were routed to local hospitals utilizing STRAC's law enforcement navigation system. In 2019 there were 20,313 Emergency Deten...
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