[quote name='dfuzz78' timestamp='1327851884' post='472825']
Rescues trucks in Miami are staffed with Firefighter/Paramedics. They can and will transport critical patients to the hospital, but will request an ambulance for non-critical patients. Rescues respond to all fires and provide fire fighter duties. Ambulances do not function that way. Now years ago, Miami-Dade had a few older rescue trucks assigned only as ambos/patient transports. They called them squads and they were not dispatched to calls. Rather, they responded when called for by a rescue on scene. It replaced the call to the private ambulance company. I don't know if they still do that with budget cuts and all. Hope that clears things up.
[/quote] What do they call ladders ? , ladders ?
Rescues trucks in Miami are staffed with Firefighter/Paramedics. They can and will transport critical patients to the hospital, but will request an ambulance for non-critical patients. Rescues respond to all fires and provide fire fighter duties. Ambulances do not function that way. Now years ago, Miami-Dade had a few older rescue trucks assigned only as ambos/patient transports. They called them squads and they were not dispatched to calls. Rather, they responded when called for by a rescue on scene. It replaced the call to the private ambulance company. I don't know if they still do that with budget cuts and all. Hope that clears things up.
[/quote] What do they call ladders ? , ladders ?