[quote name='oneilljb' post='39955' date='Oct 4 2006, 14:43 ']Am I reading this right. You only have 5 ALS trucks?[/quote]
I can second what Ed has stated, the sheer number of hospitals in the city make having many more ALS trucks impractical. There are at least 8 hospitals with full Emergency Rooms within city limits (Beth Israel, Boston Medical Center, Brigham & Women's, Carney, Faulkner, Massachusetts General, New England Medical & Saint Elizabeth's). The city itself is just over 40 square mils in area which means you average a hospital for about every 5 square miles of area. They are also fairly well spread out so by the time ALS arrives, more often then not the patient can already be at a hospital.
I can second what Ed has stated, the sheer number of hospitals in the city make having many more ALS trucks impractical. There are at least 8 hospitals with full Emergency Rooms within city limits (Beth Israel, Boston Medical Center, Brigham & Women's, Carney, Faulkner, Massachusetts General, New England Medical & Saint Elizabeth's). The city itself is just over 40 square mils in area which means you average a hospital for about every 5 square miles of area. They are also fairly well spread out so by the time ALS arrives, more often then not the patient can already be at a hospital.
FF Sean 'Skip' Olson
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
Boston Fire, Ladder 14
In Memory:
FR David A. Middleton E51, LODD, Box 5247, 05/28/07
FR Paul J. Cahill E30 & FR Warren J. Payne L25, LODD, Box 4-281, 08/29/07
FLT Kevin Kelley L26, LODD, 01/09/09
FLT Edward J. Walsh E33 & FR Michael Kennedy L15, LODD, Box 9-1579, 03/26/14.
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