RE: Trust me any EMS, Public, Private, Volunteer all of them at ...

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Andy,

Nice job. This is exactly how departments with great staff deal with the

pressue. We are never going to " make money " for the governments we are

employed by.

" No matter what you think of the administration that

day, you continue to be a top notch organization that goes out and treats

the

public with respect and professionalism. " That says it all.

Re: Trust me any EMS, Public, Private, Volunteer all

of them at ...

This may or may not be the case, and if it is, it may be only where you

reside. I have worked for the City of Beaumont EMS division since 1984 and

not

once has this division ever turned a profit. I have been the Division

Manager

since 2002 and we came the closest this past year. We were within $500K.

With a budget of $2.8M, it only cost the city $500K to run a top notch,

overworked, department that is responsible directly to the Public Health

Director,

City Manager, City Council, and 129,000 citizens. It is called

accountability. We also have a spotless record with the Hospitals and ER

doctors and we

receive a great amount of respect from them for that reason. There is not

a

medic in this division that I would not allow to treat my Mother or any

other

member of my family, including myself.

Are we proud and a little uppity about this. Unfortunately we give off

this

impression, but I deal with this in different ways. I feel that sometimes

we are like Marines. The few, the proud. Do they complain? Sure, they

are

often overworked and driven to do many things that put a great deal of

stress

on a NORMAL human being. But it never interferes with their treatment or

professionalism. This is the what makes a service. Whether you are

private,

public, or fire based. No matter what you think of the administration that

day, you continue to be a top notch organization that goes out and treats

the

public with respect and professionalism.

This entire thread was started and based on an incident in LaPorte. I

cannot tell you who, what or where this all went wrong. I do think that

interference into a call that was authorized into another City could have

been done

after the call and none of this would have risen to the level that is has.

It has nothing to do with public, private or whatever. It has to do with

how the situation evolved and why it was handled in this manner. This

should

be left up the parties involved, their accounts of what happened and how it

should have been handled. If this is just territorial, then do it after

the

patient has been treated and taken care.

These are only my opinions, not the City of Beaumont's, nor does it have

anything to do with public or private companies making a profit. Stop the

Madness and get on with your lives.

Andy Foote

In a message dated 1/2/2006 1:16:06 A.M. Central Standard Time,

james_dav_bmcg@... writes:

Trust me

any EMS, Public, Private, Volunteer all of them at some point have

to be profitable.

what??? alot of public EMS agencies lose money (especially fire

departments). how is that being profitable??

jim

sstephensmedic wrote: You hit the nail right

on the head Dudley. Uvalde EMS is a non

profit EMS provider contracted to the City and County. Guess who I

have to be most responsible to, the governmental agencies. Trust me

any EMS, Public, Private, Volunteer all of them at some point have

to be profitable. Yes I also answer to my BOD and citizens that we

serve.

stephen stephens

> > Mike,

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> > Sorry...but you left the door open on this one. " This is why 911

> > services should be governmental " ...so all these municipal 911

agencies

> > are doing things perfect across the state and all municipal 911

are

> > superior to private performance contracted 911 agencies because

as the

> > government...they never have any level of service issues,

customer

> > complaints, or performance problems...

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> EMS Operations run by units of government are directly responsible

to

> the people they serve.

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> EMS Operations run by private corporations are responsible to their

> respective boards of directors and/or stockholders, where

applicable,

> and not to the people being served.

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> It's about focus, not about who does what right where. Gene is

right

> that until people demand more from EMS, they'll continue to get

less

> and less.

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> Mike

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