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Significantly Improving a Fire Service-Based EMS Deployment and Response System…an Innovative Model

 Hostmaster 911 Hot Designs    September 12, 2010    No Comments

The Phoenix Fire Department has been delivering paramedic level EMS service since the early 1970’s. Over the years we have deployed a number of delivery models, including taking over ambulance service delivery for the city in 1985. In 2006, under the direction of Fire Chief Bob … [Read more...]

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Kansas City FD and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust to Merge

 Hostmaster 911 Hot Designs    November 13, 2009    No Comments

Friday, November 13, 2009 - Dispite opposition, Kansas CIty FD and Metropolitan Ambulance Services Trust will merge EMS into the Fire Department. The Advocates congratulate KCFD and Chief Richard Smokey Dyer on this important merger that will benefit all those who live work or … [Read more...]

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Advocates Issue Statement During EMS Week

 Hostmaster 911 Hot Designs    May 20, 2009    No Comments

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - This week is National EMS Week, a special week to honor the men and women who provide pre-hospital 9-1-1 emergency medical care throughout the country. To raise greater public awareness about these dedicated first responders, the Fire Service Based … [Read more...]

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2 years ago

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Joint Position Statement
Opposition to Proposed Degree Requirements for
Accredited Paramedic Programs
International Association of Fire Chiefs (www.iafc.org)
International Association of Fire Fighters (www.iaff.org)
National Fire Protection Association (www.nfpa.org)
National Volunteer Fire Council (www.nvfc.org)
The IAFC, IAFF, NFPA, and NVFC strongly support higher education for members seeking advanced degrees and educational opportunities at any level. We believe that individual agencies can and should consider strategies and provide incentives that encourage personnel to pursue higher education.
However, requiring a college degree for entry-level paramedics would create hardships for fire departments and make EMS systems financially unsustainable in many states. There are no identifiable data or other evidence suggesting that requiring paramedics to obtain a college degree would result in better patient outcomes, enhanced professionalism for EMS providers, better performance, or higher pay.
Our organizations are concerned about ongoing legislative and regulatory efforts to require a college degree for entry-level paramedics. This completely arbitrary change would shutter over 20% of existing paramedic education programs, leaving colleges and universities as the only venues available for paramedic education, thereby severely restricting fire/EMS departments’ ability to recruit and train paramedics. The justifications used to support a proposed transition to college degree educational requirements are unnecessary, untested and do not have the support of our organizations.
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Great! Just another reason fire has no place in EMS.

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Citywide Ambulance shuts down, fires employees with no warning

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DENVER -- Without warning 40 employees of Citywide Ambulance, a Denver area ambulance company, are out of a job. Many say they are owed thousands of dollars in back pay and are getting no response trying to reach the company's owner. Those employee got an unusual dispatch call Friday. "Without notic...
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