Paul Dawson
Senior Account Executive

Risk managers and governmental employees learned many valuable lesions this summer; most hope they’ll never have to put their experiences to use again.

Did you know?

Cars should not be parked near a building with a flat gravel roof.   During a hurricane the gravel because thousands of tiny missiles easily shattering windshields and car windows.

A safe place for a fleet of vehicles is not under a bridge or overpass.   The overpass acts as a funnel and intensifies wind strength.   Hurricanes attack horizontally not vertically.

An $80,000 building costs $200,000 to rebuild?   Insurance values should be “replacement cost” incase the building will need o be rebuilt.

Water can significantly rise higher than you think.   The City of Milton had 7 feet of water in their warehouse and the building is not even a “flood zone”. Printable Copy

Bob Newell
Risk Manager
City of Port Orange

Fire Fighter/Paramedics Mike Michaud, Bryan Smith, Chris Taylor, and Fred Price make up the Port Orange Clinical Competition team, otherwise known as ClinCon.   Recently they competed in the Annual 2004 William H. Sheer International ALS Competition, held on July 6&7, 2004 in Orlando, Florida.   Forty-one Advanced Life Support (ALS) Teams competed for the coveted title of Best International ALS team.   The first day of competition involved seven rounds and eight panels of judges.   The nine-member judging panels carefully adjudicate each team performing the same scenario.   In order to accurately “test” the teams, the scenarios are confidential and all teams are sequestered until it is time to compete.   Scenarios, complete with actors, actresses, and intentionally difficult and incorporate complicated techniques, skills, and procedures.

In the first round, Port Orange scored 120 points out of a possible 224, putting them in 6 th place.   Fort Lauderdale (124 points), Pembroke Pines (130) points, Florida Medical Training Institute (130 points), Margate Fire Rescue (142 points) and Miramar Fire Rescue (152 points rounded off the top five.

The six teams with the top scores move to the final round and day two; however, only the top five compete.   While the 6 th place team is not competing for placement in the final round, they do get to showcase their talents in from of over 150 ClinCon EMS Conference Attendees.   Port Orange’s ClinCon Team demonstrated the final scenario with great skill and precision, capturing the audience’s attention.   Because of the nature of judging and scenarios, there is no room for error.   This is the second time in three years that Port Orange has placed in the top six.   In 2002, our team placed 4 th out of 64 teams.   Port Orange’s ClinCon team remains a crowd favorite, as well as a top contender, in the past finishing behind teams from much larger cities like New York and Miami. Printable Copy