Please support Local 3721 as we MOVE ON to get the Nations Capitol ( Washington D.C. ) finest Paramedics and E.M.T's a better option for retirement and a Paramedic Advisory board that will increase the moral and performance of many of its E.M.S employees. It will also attract more E.M.S. talent to the Nations Capitol.
Why is this important?
Bill 20-9, would allow civilian, single-role emergency medical service providers to participate in the Police Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement Program and establish a District of Columbia Advisory Paramedic Review Board. Currently , Single role Paramedics and EMT's handle about 85 percent of the entire departments work load. Since we weren't able to get the city to support a equal retirement. We would like for them to support us paying into a equal retirement system. Not a 401 A plan.
This Bill also would allow a Paramedic review board. This is the equivalent to being judged by a jury of your peers verses a judge only. The current system takes primarily paramedics off the street for very minimal infractions for months at a time. The judge being the Medical director ( David Miramontes ) chooses who he wishes to site while others get a pass. This would also remove the division that he is causing in a already low moral Agency Please support us. We just want whats Fair. Thank you.
