Bruce Barton, director of Riverside County’s Emergency Medical Service Agency, opened the EMS strategic planning meeting in Riverside with the promise that the draft strategic plan would be available for the July meeting and a final plan within 90 days. The group has been working on a strategic plan for nearly a year. Until February,…

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission is considering instituting a patient satisfaction assessment in the future. Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly suggested the idea to his colleagues and agreed to further research the concept. “It’s an outcome assessment,” Schelly explained. “After our care of a patient is through, what was the quality of that care?”…

In an unexpected and unusual move, the County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee decided to deny funding for a project at Riverside County Fire Station 23. The committee did not oppose the project — repairing and replacing the deck on the back of the station. Rather, the cost for whole project — construction…