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- From: Blake.Bowers@f33.n116.z1.fidonet.org (Blake Bowers)
- Newsgroups: misc.emerg-services
- Subject: Re: fire department monop
- Message-ID: <722438907.AA22020@remote.halcyon.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 07:05:33 GMT
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- -=> Quoting James Ackerman to All Private Ambulance Par <=-
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- JA> I am a five year paramedic working for Shepard LifeFleet in
- Tacoma,
- JA> WA. I am also a strong Union advocate. Due to the recent budget
- JA> crisis nation wide, we here in the Pacific Northwest are seeing
- the
- JA> fire department expand into areas of ALS and patient transport
- JA> traditionally help by my company, forcing people out of work.
- Here in Nashville, the FD taking over EMS has resulted in quicker
- response,
- better service, better care, and has just been a win win situation.
- The Private services are for the most part a poor excuse for a
- ambulance
- service, providing Con services only. THIS IS IN NASHVILLE, I am not
- speaking for any other part of the country.
- My experience with private services has been owning one, here in
- Nashville. The places I have seen that have either FD EMS services,
- or Government EMS services, have all seem to be efficient services,
- keeping in mind that all systems have their faults.
-
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