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I don't work for Memphis, but I'm from just south of there and my best friend is a FF/PM there. From what he's hearing they may be cutting back units, they now have I believe 33 and are more than regularly out of availbale ambulances due to the call volume. Lt. Kramer could enlighten more, but if they truly do have to actually cut back its going to be aweful. I desperately disagree with the pick up response. So many times these guys are out on EMS runs and catch a fire in their territory. This could be very tragic...
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I have not heard of any cuts in number of ambulances; IMO that would be a joke. In about a month or two when the weather warms up we will once again run out of ambulances on a daily basis.
I had the dubious pleasure of riding the FART car during the pilot program, what a joke.
I don't work for Memphis, but I'm from just south of there and my best friend is a FF/PM there. From what he's hearing they may be cutting back units, they now have I believe 33 and are more than regularly out of availbale ambulances due to the call volume. Lt. Kramer could enlighten more, but if they truly do have to actually cut back its going to be aweful. I desperately disagree with the pick up response. So many times these guys are out on EMS runs and catch a fire in their territory. This could be very tragic...
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I have not heard of any cuts in number of ambulances; IMO that would be a joke. In about a month or two when the weather warms up we will once again run out of ambulances on a daily basis.
I had the dubious pleasure of riding the FART car during the pilot program, what a joke.