Chicago Fire Department

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[quote name='jdixon17' date='01 March 2010 - 02:13 PM' timestamp='1267469597' post='367201']

I second that. If you are on an engine or truck as a medic, you are a Firefighter/Paramedic and have been through the Firefighter academy. If you are strictly on the ambulance as a medic you are known as a Fire Paramedic and have gone through the EMS academy only. You are still a sworn member though, living in a firehouse as a member of the dept. not a civilian. The tricky part is that Firefighter/Paramedics can still ride the ambulance on a detail or overtime. All Firefighters hired after sometime between say 1996-1999 are EMTs as well. Their official title is Firefighter/EMT and they are trained by the city as part of the Firefighter academy. The city operates 60 ALS ambulances staffed with Fire Paramedics almost all the time. They also operate 14 BLS ambulances on a daily rotating basis staffed with Firefighter/EMTs that are pulled off of their engine or truck for a shift from all over the city. Corrections welcomed.

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Just to make sure I read this correctly:





At any given time there are 60 ALS and 14 BLS rigs staffed?