rescue call on laurel st in arlington mass

14 minute response time or more - from burlington A1

first time I have ever heard a Burlington Ambulance come to Arlington

no other transport units available either - per dispatcher

Burlington A1 is an 'ALS transport unit'

patient was taken ALS to a hospital in Cambridge which usually does
not get ALS patients - odd

Arlington R1 got back into town from Boston just as Burl A1 was
leaving the scene with the patient

ems units are divided into 'transport units' and 'non transport units'
- transport units can take a patient to a hospital - non transport
units cannot take a patient to a hospital - 'non transport units' are
usually SUVs or fire trucks