The Santa Clara County EMS Agency is pleased to announce the hire of two full-time Emergency Medical Services Specialists and one contractor.
Joe Williams
EMS Specialist
Clinical Quality Management
With over twelve years of experience in both urban and rural EMS; Joe has served as a paramedic in Illinois, Michigan, and California. He has worked as a paramedic in Santa Clara County for eight years and most recently held the position of Clinical Coordinator at Rural/Metro. In this position he was responsible for clinical QA/QI as well as the implementation of an electronic patient care reporting system. In his off time he enjoys running and spending time with his family. Joe begins his service with the EMS Agency on January 9, 2012.
John Montes
EMS Specialist
CMTF/Homeland Security
John joins the EMS Agency after spending the last eight years in the Boston Emergency Medical Services System including Boston University EMS as an educator and Boston EMS as a 911 service provider. His experience includes 911 field service, communications center coordination, and special event planning and operations. He graduated from Northeastern University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Health Sciences. John begins his service with the EMS Agency on January 23, 2012.
Mark Frise
Contractor
Allied Healthcare Facilities Work Group Coordinator
The EMS Agency is fortunate to have Mark return and continue work with the Allied Healthcare Facilities Work Group (AHFWG). After thirty years of service, he retired as a lieutenant from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety in 2007. During his time with Sunnyvale he served as a police and fire officer, managed the Office of Emergency Services, and coordinated various community outreach and education programs. Mark will return to the EMS Agency in January.
About Us
- Santa Clara County EMS Agency
- Santa Clara County, California, United States
- The Santa Clara County EMS Agency is charged with the oversight and regulation of the delivery of emergency medical services within the County. The EMS Agency is responsible for developing and coordinating an integrated emergency medical care delivery system, which is composed of education agencies, hospitals and specialty care facilities. Responsibilities include system planning, training program approval, provider and hospital designation, the establishment of appropriate medical, operations, and quality standards, monitoring and facilitating compliance, and the certification, authorization, and accreditation of personnel. The EMS Agency is also responsible for disaster medical-health planning and response. This includes multiple patient management, emergency public health operations, and medical-health mutual aid coordination.