Re: Re: HB495-Proposed Bill relating to EMS 9-1-1 coverage

[Guest guest]

last i read (in a dispatcher magazine) texas had 98 or 99% e-911 phone coverage

but it didnt list which ones did not

jim davis

wegandy1938@... wrote: Kenny,

How many cities in the state do not have 911? Can you cite one?

Gene

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> For one, not every city in the State has 911. Also, many EMS services do

> both emergency and non-emergency runs. And a private service doing EMS may be

> (in fact almost always is) with the approval of the local government.. For

one,

> not every city in the State has 911. Also, many EMS services do both

> emergency and non-emergency runs. And a private service doing EMS may be (in

fact

> almost always is) with the ap

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> Re: Re: HB495-Proposed Bill relating to EMS

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> I strongly feel that no licensed or certified EMS provider should be

> excluded from this Bill if it does become enacted--private, volunteer or

> otherwise.

> For any of our municipality employed brethren to suggest otherwise

> demonstrates even further the " us versus them " syndrome that keeps us

> divided as a

> profession on the whole. Some of the same " exclude the private " commentators

> are the same ones who preach " unity and the world " for EMS. Does that mean

> " unity and the world--unless you a employed by a private service, volunteer

> department or hospital? " Kind of like the founders of this country--All men

> are

> created equal. Equal if you a rich, white. male landowner. It took almost

> 200 years for us to clarify that " Everybody is equal. " Even if you are a

> privately employed EMT or Medic in Texas.

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> And by the way, not all privately owned services are corrupt or out to

> fleece their employees, clients or the system. In fact, I started my service

> with

> a vow to myself to operate ethically, treat my employees well, pay them a

> livable wage and respect them for the job that they do. I have worked for

> too

> many services that were the opposite. In return, I have (in my opinion) the

> best damned group of EMS PROFESSIONALS that I have ever had the Privilege to

> work with. Every single one of them. My only regret is that I cannot do

> more for them. Despite the typical " family bickering " we all pull together

> to

> get the job done and it makes me proud to see that folks are proud to work

> at

> FREMS. In fact, most of the employees who have left voluntarily have

> reapplied within a few months. That says a lot about us as a team. And

> whether

> they are working an MVA, a 911 mutual aid call, an assault at an event, a

> psychiatric transfer or a simple dialysis call, I hope and pray that the

> lawmakers

> of this great state have the wisdom and the courage to extend that

> additional

> protection to them and everyone else that is not municipally employed.

> After all, they deserve it.

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> Bacco

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