Re: Trust me any EMS, Public, Private, Volunteer all of them at some point have

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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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