Thursday, June 1, 2023

Jan 2023 article about EMS in Washington County Maine

https://web.archive.org/web/20230601174102/https://themainemonitor.org/washington-county-emergency-medical-system-approaches-a-crisis/

everything is bad bad bad

but if you do just a little research -

sipyasik ambulance / pleasant point ambulance is / was located between
the town of perry and the city of eastport - sipyasik ambulance had 1
or 2 fulltime ambulances based at the health clinic on the
PleasantPoint Passamaquoddy Indian Reservation - Eastport is covered
by a fulltime DownEast ambulance (or two) stationed at Eastport Fire
Station 1 - Perry has its own VFD and pays $30K to DownEast Amb
annually

Perry population - 1,000
Pleasant Point Indian Reservation - maybe 1,000 population
Eastport population - 1,000

The DownEast ambulance have to drive right thru the Indian Reservation
to get to Perry - it is 7 miles from Eastport to Perry - over a 30 or
45 mph road approx

to recap - 3,000 total population - 2 to 4 fulltime ambulances

on the other hand - there are not alot of backup ambulances in the
area - and very few hospitals

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lets do a little more research

Lubec Maine - population 1,000 - fulltime DownEast ambulance stationed
at the Lubec Fire Station

Campobello Island New Brunswick - right over the bridge from Lubec - ?
fulltime ? provincial ambulance or two - population 1,000 -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campobello_Island

to recap - 2,000 total population - 2 to 4 fulltime ambulances

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