Guest guest Posted September 11, 2007 Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 I am proud to say I work for a fire department that runs EMS. We have 5 fire houses with three of them running medic units. I can say that the citzens in our city get the best EMS service money can provide. We have low turn over and GREAT CITIZEN SUPPORT!!! It might be time for Fort Worth and a few other cities to come out of the stone age and look at a few of their nieghbors and see how things are done. All MEDSTAR has been is a gaint band-aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2007 Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 Yeah, it looks like Fort Worth's system has some problems. But my question to you is if you are providing the " best EMS service money can provide " why are you only staffing 3 of your 5 stations with ambulances? It appears that EMS is a lower priority in your city than fire is. > > I am proud to say I work for a fire department that runs EMS. We have 5 > fire houses with three of them running medic units. I can say that the > citzens in our city get the best EMS service money can provide. We have > low turn over and GREAT CITIZEN SUPPORT!!! It might be time for Fort > Worth and a few other cities to come out of the stone age and look at a > few of their nieghbors and see how things are done. All MEDSTAR has > been is a gaint band-aid. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Because the method that department uses to provide ambulance coverage tells them that 3 medic units is appropriate for call volume and territory covered...of course, this is an FD so even though it is SSM, we can't call it that...so its just some random chance they decided upon based upon nothing to do with the number and type of EMS calls they?respond to?across an area that no way ties to the location and area they cover. Dudley Re: One Step forward Yeah, it looks like Fort Worth's system has some problems. But my question to you is if you are providing the " best EMS service money can provide " why are you only staffing 3 of your 5 stations with ambulances? It appears that EMS is a lower priority in your city than fire is. > > I am proud to say I work for a fire department that runs EMS. We have 5 > fire houses with three of them running medic units. I can say that the > citzens in our city get the best EMS service money can provide. We have > low turn over and GREAT CITIZEN SUPPORT!!! It might be time for Fort > Worth and a few other cities to come out of the stone age and look at a > few of their nieghbors and see how things are done. All MEDSTAR has > been is a gaint band-aid. > ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Well, I dont agree with that this post. I dont agree that EMS needs to be intergrated with Fire services. Personally I want to be a Paramedic, not a fireman, so why would I do so. Anyway there are plenty of Private services providing EXCELLENT emergency and non emergent services in the United States. Allbeit known I cant say how MEDSTAR runs its business, I know you cant just make a statement of such generalism in reguards to private ambulance services. I personally feel that is an ignorant point of view. This is my own humble opinion. I can also say from my own personal experiance that there are some fire departments who run ems services that are in the stone age themselves and citizens are DISGUSTED with the service provided. So Fire departments can be in the same bad service offering organizations as some private services. A.Dempsey EMT-I/FF kdempseyjr@... --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 FD station coverage in most cities is determined by ISO ratings, which determine Home insurance rates. Maybe if health ins rates were determined by ambulance coverage, we could see lower rates and more ambulances. IMHO, there needs to be a " Medic " in every station.. Chuck ez Captain/EMT-P Everman Volunteer Fire Department 400 W. Enon Everman, Texas 76140 (S) (M) (P) Fax _____ From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of THEDUDMAN@... Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 9:11 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Re: Re: One Step forward Because the method that department uses to provide ambulance coverage tells them that 3 medic units is appropriate for call volume and territory covered...of course, this is an FD so even though it is SSM, we can't call it that...so its just some random chance they decided upon based upon nothing to do with the number and type of EMS calls they?respond to?across an area that no way ties to the location and area they cover. Dudley Re: One Step forward Yeah, it looks like Fort Worth's system has some problems. But my question to you is if you are providing the " best EMS service money can provide " why are you only staffing 3 of your 5 stations with ambulances? It appears that EMS is a lower priority in your city than fire is. > > I am proud to say I work for a fire department that runs EMS. We have 5 > fire houses with three of them running medic units. I can say that the > citzens in our city get the best EMS service money can provide. We have > low turn over and GREAT CITIZEN SUPPORT!!! It might be time for Fort > Worth and a few other cities to come out of the stone age and look at a > few of their nieghbors and see how things are done. All MEDSTAR has > been is a gaint band-aid. > __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Ahhh...the elusive ISO rating...exactly how does and ISO rating of 3 determine where fire stations should be in my city of 26 square miles?? What about an ISO of 4?? An ISO of 3 and the station has to be on the corner of Main and 2nd Street, but an ISO of 4 and we can place it at Main and 4th? BTW, does the savings in insurance costs between an ISO of 4 and 2 put more cash in the hands of homeowners and businesses (through lower insurance costs)?than the increased costs of facilities, equipment and personnel required to drop this number by 2?(through increased taxes)? Dudley PS: Even when " ISO " determines the locations of the stations...its still SSM... Re: One Step forward Yeah, it looks like Fort Worth's system has some problems. But my question to you is if you are providing the " best EMS service money can provide " why are you only staffing 3 of your 5 stations with ambulances? It appears that EMS is a lower priority in your city than fire is. > > I am proud to say I work for a fire department that runs EMS. We have 5 > fire houses with three of them running medic units. I can say that the > citzens in our city get the best EMS service money can provide. We have > low turn over and GREAT CITIZEN SUPPORT!!! It might be time for Fort > Worth and a few other cities to come out of the stone age and look at a > few of their nieghbors and see how things are done. All MEDSTAR has > been is a gaint band-aid. > __________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail. <http://mail.aol.com> aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 AMen Brother Henry Barber Re: One Step forward Well, I dont agree with that this post. I dont agree that EMS needs to be intergrated with Fire services. Personally I want to be a Paramedic, not a fireman, so why would I do so. Anyway there are plenty of Private services providing EXCELLENT emergency and non emergent services in the United States. Allbeit known I cant say how MEDSTAR runs its business, I know you cant just make a statement of such generalism in reguards to private ambulance services. I personally feel that is an ignorant point of view. This is my own humble opinion. I can also say from my own personal experiance that there are some fire departments who run ems services that are in the stone age themselves and citizens are DISGUSTED with the service provided. So Fire departments can be in the same bad service offering organizations as some private services. A.Dempsey EMT-I/FF kdempseyjr@... --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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