RETAC's are charged with developing plans that outline processes to coordinate and improve Emergency Medical/Trauma Services (EMTS) care in the region. This charge comes from the Colorado Revised Statute.  With that task in mind the NCRETAC continually evaluates needs,  collects information, survey's, agencies, providers and EMS education institutions.

In October of 2002 a comprehensive needs assessment was presented to the NCRETAC and finalized a project that took over 3 years in the planning and implementation. The project has been a great aid in the planning for the NCRETAC. In December of 2002 the NCRETAC asked the membership counties to complete a county report outlining existing systems, identify deficiencies in that system and asked for goals/objectives that they would use to correct those deficiencies.

In July of 2003 the Northeast Colorado RETAC submitted to the SEMTAC, (State EMS/Trauma Advisory Council) also known as the council their Biennial Plan. This plan was the first of such plans that are required to be submitted every two years. The documents are either contained in the Biennial Plan or contributed to it's development.

This planning has provided the opportunity to identify needs throughout the NCRETAC, driven the goals and objectives and have provided a method for local providers of EMS providers to obtain funding to help solve these needs on a local level. Feel free to download and distribute these documents. Local providers have been able to provide documentation and justification of need in grants applications and local planning efforts. As some of the documents are quite lengthy it might be better to download prior to printing.

In June 2008, the NCRETAC submitted two documents as contracted, The biennial plan progress report shows progress made since submission of the biennial plan in 2007. The Budget deliverable is the spending plan for the NCRETAC in FY 200