Key Dates

Key Dates in our Timeline:

August 26th, 2006

Again in conjunction with STS Consulting / CIR Associates the Medical & Police Services Team, will be bringing cutting edge training to our departments and the surrounding communities. This course is designed around Tactical EMS on the Mass Transit systems. (Details to follow)

May 13th and 20th, 2006

Our Tactical Team is once again Teaming with STS Consulting to provide members of our departments (Police and Fire) and the surrounding communities the best in EMS training. Oxford Medical and Police Services will be hosting an Officer Down Rescue Course. (Visit CIR Associates web site for registration information and registration forms)

January 17th, 2006

Team receives our Ballistic Blank and ability to mobile dispatch team members. One of the final steps towards fully functional.

April 18th, 2005

MaPS Team hosts "When Violence Erupts, Street Smarts for Emergency Responders" course offered by STS Consulting. This course was also attended by the Oxford Fire-EMS Department and members of the Police department.

March 2005

MaPS Team assists Fire-EMS Department with Annual Easter Flower Sale Fund Raiser.

January 1st, 2005

Proposed Stand up date, Team has set this as a target date to be operational.

December 1st, 2004

The Medical and Police Services Web Page
will be moved to www.maps.oxfordfire-ems.org This is due to the Fire Department securing the web space at www.oxfordfire-ems.org

November 20th, 2004

The Team has filed for approx 5 Equipment Grants from the National Tactical Officers Association. The Grants close as of 12-02-04.

November 16th, 2004

Our team was called before the Town Board of Selectman to give them a briefing on what the Medical and Police Services Team was all about, this presentation went very well. This presentation was also followed up by an article in the Local Section of the Telegram and Gazette Newspaper.

October 6th, 2004

Team presentation for the The Police and Fire Department Supervisors to bring them up to speed with the progress of the Team.

The Town Manager Dennis Powers and Selectman John Saad were also in attendance.

August 2004

A meeting sometime late July or early August with the two Chiefs produced an order for Tactical Gear (10 sets), which arrived in Mid August. Still NO BALLISTIC PROTECTION though.

During the first weekend in August STS Consulting along with McKnight Associates were contracted to supply a three (3) day Tactical EMS Providers Course. This course was a huge success and once again showed the dedication that these men and women have to each other, the Police / Fire Department and the Town as a whole.

July 2004

The last two Saturday's in July members of the Oxford Fire department and the M.a.P.S. Team all participated in a Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support Course. After the completion of this course it was truly obvious the dedication and determination the team members had to the overall success of the Team.

April - June 2004

The team has undergone a few structural changes, two individuals were not able or willing to meet the commitment required and were replaced with different individuals.

Members of the team organize a few fund raisers to help defer some of the cost to equipment for the team. With monies raised the team is able to purchase a vital part of our training equipment. Instant Armors Tactical NON-BALLISTIC Training Blanket.

March 2004

Team of Ten original hand selected members start to train, once a month at first and then it progressed to every other week and now it is the first three Wednesdays every month from 1800 hrs to approx 2200 hrs. (Still voluntary and without pay)

February 2004

Near the end of February the group of ten individuals, now working more a team presented to both chiefs a Proposal for a set of Standard Operating Guidelines. After many meetings and negotiations, common ground was found and a basic set of SOG's were finalized.

The work continues, fine tuning this document and the OK was given by the Chiefs to start training as a team Tactically.

January 2004

Five members from each department, all of whom were hand selected by the founding members and approved by both Chiefs, for very specific and articulable reasons. Started volunteering their time after hours and on weekends to organize and produce a preliminary set of Operating Guidelines for presentation to the Chiefs.

October 2003

Both Chiefs (Police and Fire) agree to send individuals from each department to an "Officer Down Rescue Course", offered by eric Stratton of STS Consulting. These individuals were selected by the Chiefs to evaluate the usefulness of such a program within our town.

Immediately after returning from the course these individuals laid out a proposal for both chiefs which would include recommendations on activation protocols, training requirements, all the way to recommendations on personnel to augment into the team.

June - July 2003

Conversation continued amongst Fire Department personnel re: a Tactical Team primarily for officer safety concerns. A few intrigual parties secured a "Officer Down Rescue Course"

February - March 2003

Conversation originated from PD re: a Tactical Team within the Oxford Police Department, with medical support from Oxford EMS.

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