Guest guest Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I am a new EMT in the Dallas area. I am looking for some honest feedback to help me complete my research on some of the companies in the area, and I want your opinion...OPINION. I just want a position in the DFW area, that has room to grow, and has 911 areas. If you want to email me privatly, so be it. FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard they are okay as well. AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they will renew? Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. ETMC - good company, but too far for me. are there any other companies out there? What else can you tell me about these companies..thanks JW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 In a message dated 7/7/2006 9:33:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, simple_emt@... writes: Some like it, but most don't. You are describing 3/4 of the ems and ambulance services in the United States! I lay you dollars to doughnuts that if we looked hard enough we could find folks that will tell you XYZ service is the greatest on the planet and in the same Ready Room have guys or gals tell you it was the biggest %^ & %^%^ & % hole on the planet. When I was a Chief I made a point to listen to the street folks and get their feel for out place in the grand scheme of things compared to the other shops in the region (bear in mind that the whole state of NJ would fit between Dallas and Houston more or less). When I had one guy griping about how we were the pits I was OK with that knowing that not all will be pleased with management but when I heard stiff from folks that were generally happy with our policy and procedures we tried to see what we could do to move more to center. If more services would look for the center mass of the way they do business more and more folks would be content (not that raises would not go a long way in that respect as well but I was spoiled back home in NJ I worked for both the number one and number 2 best paid BLS 9-1-1 services in the state over time). Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection Consultant LNMolino@... (Cell Phone) (Home Phone) (IFW/TFW/FSS Office) (IFW/TFW/FSS Fax) " A Texan with a Jersey Attitude " " Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people " Eleanor Roosevelt - US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962) The comments contained in this E-mail are the opinions of the author and the author alone. I in no way ever intend to speak for any person or organization that I am in any way whatsoever involved or associated with unless I specifically state that I am doing so. Further this E-mail is intended only for its stated recipient and may contain private and or confidential materials retransmission is strictly prohibited unless placed in the public domain by the original author. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth your time. > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the street. Some like it, but most don't. > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > they are okay as well. Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is okay and enefits better than most. > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they > will renew? Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too much of a reputation. > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Stay as far away from this one as you can. > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Careflite isn't bad. > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for Med Star, MedCare or TLC. -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 Hello , I think I am going to apply at Careflite or TLC....Both have good reputations from what I have heard, but a scuttlebutt from street tells me that there are more room for advancement at Careflite than TLC, that's important to me. I was also told that Careflite has 911 areas in county and Celina, and they said there is more just aorund the corner, and I am all about that. I don't know alot about not-for-profit companies, but I have to believe that it pays better than a " for profit " company. IS there anyone from Careflite on this board that can fill in the blanks? JW - interested. email me privatle if you choose. simple_emt wrote: This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth your time. > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the street. Some like it, but most don't. > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > they are okay as well. Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is okay and enefits better than most. > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they > will renew? Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too much of a reputation. > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Stay as far away from this one as you can. > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Careflite isn't bad. > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for Med Star, MedCare or TLC. -- --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Med Star is no longer private. Jeff wrote: Hello , I think I am going to apply at Careflite or TLC....Both have good reputations from what I have heard, but a scuttlebutt from street tells me that there are more room for advancement at Careflite than TLC, that's important to me. I was also told that Careflite has 911 areas in county and Celina, and they said there is more just aorund the corner, and I am all about that. I don't know alot about not-for-profit companies, but I have to believe that it pays better than a " for profit " company. IS there anyone from Careflite on this board that can fill in the blanks? JW - interested. email me privatle if you choose. simple_emt wrote: This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth your time. > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the street. Some like it, but most don't. > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > they are okay as well. Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is okay and enefits better than most. > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they > will renew? Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too much of a reputation. > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Stay as far away from this one as you can. > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Careflite isn't bad. > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for Med Star, MedCare or TLC. -- --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Med Star is no longer private. Jeff wrote: Hello , I think I am going to apply at Careflite or TLC....Both have good reputations from what I have heard, but a scuttlebutt from street tells me that there are more room for advancement at Careflite than TLC, that's important to me. I was also told that Careflite has 911 areas in county and Celina, and they said there is more just aorund the corner, and I am all about that. I don't know alot about not-for-profit companies, but I have to believe that it pays better than a " for profit " company. IS there anyone from Careflite on this board that can fill in the blanks? JW - interested. email me privatle if you choose. simple_emt wrote: This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth your time. > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the street. Some like it, but most don't. > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > they are okay as well. Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is okay and enefits better than most. > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they > will renew? Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too much of a reputation. > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Stay as far away from this one as you can. > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Careflite isn't bad. > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for Med Star, MedCare or TLC. -- --------------------------------- Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 , I'm not sure who you are working for, or where you maybe getting your information, but as the Clinical Practices Supervisor for Life Care Plus EMS, I can assure you that our service does NOT fall under the " shady " catagory like some of the others that are listed. Our protocols are very advanced, we have decent equipment and trucks, and anytime they need service, they go to service. Our personnel are professional and don't make calls with shirts untucked, or uniforms that are in disrepair. No, checks bounced from them either. As a paramedic for Greater Dallas EMS also, I can say that during my one yr with them, that I've not had any problems. They have decent trucks and equipment. I should also point out that at neither place, I've never had a check bounce, like some of the places that you have listed. Greater Dallas has several stations in the DFW area, and this would not be possible if they were not doing the business that they are. If they were not a good company they would not have the people or stations that they have. As a event medic for Trans-Care, I've never had any problems there either. Equipment if fair, better than some for the service that we do. They are an events service, covering only special events, so what they have is more than sufficient for that. Pay is good also. I've been here since 2003, and never had any problems. I've worked for some of the places that are listed, and would not recommend many of them to work for. Doctor's & DFW Ambulance are two of those, but these have been shut down by the feds, with several more on your list that are being look at still by the feds. I'll be glad to answer any questions that anyone may have about any of the service I've talked about here. Thanks, Wayne Dennis, EMTP Clinical Practices Supervisor Life Care Plus EMS Paramedic, Greater Dallas EMS Special Events Paramedic, Trans-Care Medical simple_emt wrote: This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth your time. > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the street. Some like it, but most don't. > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > they are okay as well. Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is okay and enefits better than most. > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think they > will renew? Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too much of a reputation. > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. Stay as far away from this one as you can. > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. Careflite isn't bad. > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for Med Star, MedCare or TLC. -- __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2006 Report Share Posted July 8, 2006 Lone Star was iffy at best unless they have improved over the past 2-3 years. Some good people and some shady folks too and a bit shady on their way of doing business....kind of a good old boys club atmosphere in the station. Care First was....well let's say avoid them like the plague. We had people on the trucks who had expired certs and CPR cards. The units were sub-par and the equipment...well...it sucked. Jim H. > >Reply-To: texasems-l >To: Texas EMS list <texasems-l >, Southern Hill County EMS >Edu >Subject: Re: Re: Emt jobs >Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 16:52:24 -0700 (PDT) > >, > > I'm not sure who you are working for, or where you maybe getting your >information, but as the Clinical Practices Supervisor for Life Care Plus >EMS, I can assure you that our service does NOT fall under the " shady " >catagory like some of the others that are listed. > > Our protocols are very advanced, we have decent equipment and trucks, >and anytime they need service, they go to service. Our personnel are >professional and don't make calls with shirts untucked, or uniforms that >are in disrepair. No, checks bounced from them either. > > As a paramedic for Greater Dallas EMS also, I can say that during my one >yr with them, that I've not had any problems. They have decent trucks and >equipment. I should also point out that at neither place, I've never had a >check bounce, like some of the places that you have listed. Greater Dallas >has several stations in the DFW area, and this would not be possible if >they were not doing the business that they are. If they were not a good >company they would not have the people or stations that they have. > > As a event medic for Trans-Care, I've never had any problems there >either. Equipment if fair, better than some for the service that we do. >They are an events service, covering only special events, so what they have >is more than sufficient for that. Pay is good also. I've been here since >2003, and never had any problems. > > I've worked for some of the places that are listed, and would not >recommend many of them to work for. Doctor's & DFW Ambulance are two of >those, but these have been shut down by the feds, with several more on your >list that are being look at still by the feds. > > I'll be glad to answer any questions that anyone may have about any of >the service I've talked about here. > > Thanks, > Wayne Dennis, EMTP > Clinical Practices Supervisor > Life Care Plus EMS > > Paramedic, Greater Dallas EMS > Special Events Paramedic, Trans-Care Medical > >simple_emt wrote: > This is long, but if you want to work in DFW it might be worth >your >time. > > > FREMS - a decent company, but no 911 conracts > >Might not as nice as they seem, according to scuttlebutt on the >street. Some like it, but most don't. > > > TLC - they have big ambulances, and 1 or 2 911 contracts, I heard > > they are okay as well. > >Yes, they are honest and seem to care about what they do. Pay is >okay and enefits better than most. > > > AMR - another decent company with good insurance and they have > > Arlington and Collin County. When area these conracts up? think >they > > will renew? > >Just a personal opinion, but I wouldn't want to work for AMR. Too >much of a reputation. > > > Royal Ambulance - I haven't heard anything good about them. > >Stay as far away from this one as you can. > > > Careflite - decent company with good benefits, I saw them at the > > Careflite update, and it was really cool. I know they have > > county, and I think a few others, I don't know what they are. > >Careflite isn't bad. > > > Mercy ambulance - I don't know anything about them. > >Another one to stay away from. They can't keep supplies on the >trucks or keep the trucks out of the shop. > > > Star Plus Ambulance - I don't know anything about them. > >Small outfit in McKinney I think. Scuttlebutt says they are okay. > > > ETMC - good company, but too far for me. > >Waxahachie is too far? It is just south of South Dallas. > >Others that you should stay away from are First Choice, Advicare, >Citizens Care, Secure, Visions, Care First, Care Plus, North Texas >EMS, Life Care Plus, Lifetime, St. s, St. s, Trans >Care and Greater Dallas. Some that might be okay are Ft. Worth's Med >Star, Irving's MedCare, Lifeguard in Dallas and Ameritech in Euless. >I've heard good and bad about Lone Star in . > >If you just have to work for a private company in DFW, I'd go for >Med Star, MedCare or TLC. > >-- > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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