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Other Items Considered by the Committee
(a) Public Access Defibrillation Trial (PAD Trial).
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having referred the following communications to the Mayor with the recommendation that he provide a letter to the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre in support of its application to be chosen as a research site in a Public Access Defibrillation Trial:
(i) (January 22, 1998) from Councillor Dennis Fotinos, Chair, Emergency and Protective Services Committee, forwarding a communication (January 16, 1998) from Dr. R. Verbeek, M.D., FRCPC, Medical Director, Defibrillation Program, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, requesting support of an application being submitted by the Centre's Division of Prehospital Care to be chosen as a research site in a Public Access Defibrillation Trial; and recommending that this application be supported;
(ii) (January 29, 1998) from the Director, EMS Operations, Toronto Ambulance, advising that Toronto Ambulance strongly endorses the application by the Sunnybrook health Science Centre to participate in the PAD Trial; and
(iii) (January 29, 1998) from the Fire Chief addressed to Dr. R. Verbeek, M.D., FRCPC, Medical Director, Defibrillation Program, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, in support of the application by the Sunnybrook Health Science Centre to participate in the PAD Trial.
Dr. Brian Schwartz, Director, Division of Prehospital Care, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, addressed the Emergency and Protective Services Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.
(b) Status of Existing Committees and the Task Force on Community Safety.
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having:
(i) referred the following report to the Co-Chairs of the Task Force on Community Safety and to the Special Committee to Review the Final Report of the Toronto Transition Team to review the financial implications of continuing the committees listed therein and to report back to the Emergency and Protective Services Committee; and
(ii) requested that the forthcoming report include information on staff time and other costs related to continuing these committees and that this matter be dealt with in a timely fashion.
(January 27, 1998) from the Acting Commissioner of Emergency and Protective Services recommending that when terms of reference for the new Task Force on Community Safety have been prepared, they be sent to the East York Safety Council, the Emergency Planning Advisory Committee (Metro), the Etobicoke Crime Scope, the Safe City Committee (Toronto), the Safety Council (Etobicoke), and the Taxis on Patrol Committee (Metro), together with a copy of this report, and that each committee be asked to comment on the ongoing need for their work, if any, on their relationship to the Task Force, and on their ongoing staff support needs.
Councillor Rob Davis, York Eglinton, addressed the Emergency and Protective Services Committee in connection with the foregoing matter.
(c) Acquisition of Replacement Ambulances.
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having recommended to the Budget Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report:
(January 27, 1998) from the Commissioner, Toronto Ambulance, regarding the acquisition of replacement ambulances.
(d) Protocol for Consultation with Community Councils and Agencies, Boards and Commissions.
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having been advised by the Committee Chair that the report requested by the Committee on January 13, 1998, on this matter will be submitted to the Committee at a future meeting.
(e) Fire Vehicle Standardization - 1998 Interim Capital Budget.
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having recommended to the Budget Committee, and Council, the adoption of the following report:
(February 3, 1998) from the Fire Chief regarding Fire Vehicle Standardization - 1998 Interim Capital Budget.
(f) Carbon Monoxide Detectors
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having referred the following communication to the Fire Chief for a report to the next meeting of the Committee scheduled to be held on March 24, 1998:
(January 23, 1998) from Councillor Brian Ashton, Scarborough Bluffs, advising that the recent, terrible tragedy in his Ward that resulted in two deaths from carbon monoxide poisoning has resulted in a call for a by-law requiring carbon monoxide detectors in homes and buildings in the City of Toronto, and recommending that, in the interim:
(1) a campaign be undertaken to promote the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in homes and buildings throughout the City; and
(2) the possible means of making carbon monoxide detectors more affordable be explored with the manufacturers of these devices.
(g) Gun Related Crimes.
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee reports having:
(1) requested the Chief of Police to report back to the Committee on:
(a) the alarming increase of gun related crimes on the streets of Toronto;
(b) a strategy to reduce the proliferation of guns on our streets;
(c) the level of cooperation and commitment of the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in stemming the flow of illegal firearms into our City; and
(d) an overview of programs that have been implemented with success in other cities which have reduced crime, i.e. New York City; and
(2) referred the following motion by Councillor Holyday to Councillor Fotinos, Committee Chair:
A that a special meeting of the Emergency and Protective Services Committee, to be arranged by the Chair, be scheduled to consider the forthcoming report from the Chief of Police.@
The Emergency and Protective Services Committee discussed the recent incidents of gun related crimes.
Respectfully submitted,
COUNCILLOR DENNIS FOTINOS,
Chair
Toronto, February 10, 1998
Candy Davidovits
Tel: (416) 395-7362
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