Re: Amarillo FD - 2018 report

amarillo has 39 medics and 16 als engines but they cant do any als
procedures until an amr als ambulance reaches the scene

what the hell?

On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 11:20 AM Peter Szerlagi <zerg90@gmail.com> wrote:
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> https://www.amarillo.gov/home/showpublisheddocument?id=16976
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> 2018 standards of cover report
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> 233 pages chock full of information
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> they respond on automatic aid to the Pantex Plant which is way out of
> town - they also respond to approx 25 hazard sites outside of the city
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> 1990 they switched from minipumpers to 4 man companies
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> they do ALS from their pumpers apparently
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> airport has 4 man Engine 10 plus 3 crash guys
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> this report seems to be very thorough - it is part of accreditation
> process - have not read most of it yet - will be interesting to see
> what they say about response times
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> this is a city of 200,000 with two 500 bed hospitals - but they dont
> have a real trauma center - just level 3 and 4 - ????? - worcester
> mass has pop of 100K and they have a Level 1 trauma center -
> springfield mass has approx 150K and they have a level 1 trauma center
> also - maybe the suburbs are meatier in Massachusetts - catchment area
> pop wise