Document ID: NHTSA-2011-0037-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Meetings: Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services
Posted Date: 2011-03-18T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 15044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6379]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[NHTSA Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0037]

Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Service 
(FICEMS) Teleconference Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Meeting Notice--Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency 
Medical Services.

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SUMMARY: NHTSA announces a teleconference meeting of the Federal 
Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) to be held 
as a stakeholder input call-in session to receive input regarding the 
current and future role of the Federal government in EMS and options 
for establishing or designating a Federal lead office for EMS. This 
notice announces the date and time of the meeting, which will be open 
to the public, as well as call-in information.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, April 11, 2011, from 1:30 
p.m. to 3 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Dawson, Director, Office of 
Emergency Medical Services, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., NTI-140, Washington, DC 
20590, Telephone number (202) 366-9966; E-mail Drew.Dawson@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Interagency Committee on 
Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) was created by law to help ensure 
coordination among Federal agencies involved with State, local, tribal, 
or regional emergency medical services and 9-1-1 systems. As discussed 
at their December 16, 2010 meeting, FICEMS is assessing the current and 
future role of the Federal government in EMS and evaluating the options 
for establishing or designating a Federal lead office or agency for 
EMS. The National Security Staff Resilience Directorate has requested 
that FICEMS engage with stakeholders and develop an options paper by 
May 15, 2011.
    FICEMS is interested in any stakeholder input about the role of the 
Federal government in the full continuum of emergency medical services 
and emergency and trauma care for adults and children-including medical 
9-1-1 and emergency medical dispatch, prehospital emergency medical 
services (both ground and air), hospital-based emergency care and 
trauma care, and medical-related disaster preparedness.
    With respect to this full continuum of emergency medical services 
and emergency and trauma care for adults and children, any stakeholder 
input would be appreciated regarding topics such as:
 The role of the Federal government
 Activities or functions that should not be the role of Federal 
government
 The role of a Federal lead office for EMS if it were 
established, including the functions/issues it should perform and 
address
 Other comments or suggestions

This meeting of the FICEMS will focus specifically on receiving input 
from Stakeholders on the above issues. The meeting will be open to the 
public via telephone.
    Call-In Information: Members of the public wishing to attend the 
meeting or provide input to FICEMS should call 1-877-804-0827 using the 
meeting ID number 51813069, on Monday, April 11, 2011, from 1:30 p.m. 
to 3 p.m.
    Minutes of the FICEMS meeting will be available to the public 
online at http://www.ems.gov.

    Issued on: March 15, 2011.
Michael L. Brown,
Acting Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-6379 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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