Fire an Example of WHY We Need to Separate the LMRFD Fire Service from Ambulance

I hope other people have a problem with it taking an hour to an ambulance to a call, especially when it's an injured firefighter.

When one of our firefighters suffers heat exhaustion working a fire in 100 degree temperatures and rather than have the volunteer resources to use our NEW $163,000 ambulance, they call for AMR ambulance from Kingman. CORRECTION The Ambulance was $163,000

At yesterdays fire on Ivy one of our firefighter who risk their lives to protect us suffered heat exhaustion fighting the fire. There seemed to be some confusion on the call about if an ambulance was needed. 

Around 4 PM LMRFD advised they had a firefighter with heat exhaustion a requested AMR respond from Kingman. 

At 4:17 PM LMRFD asked dispatch if AMR was responding, they weren't. Dispatch asked if this was for a transport, and LMRFD told them yes, this was a firefighter with heat exhaustion that needed transport. 

At 4:41 LMRFD again checked on AMR telling dispatch that they needed a Delta Response, red lights and siren...

At 4:54 PM AMR finally arrived and the firefighter wasn't finally transported at 5:04 PM.

Something is wrong when we have a $163,000 ambulance is sitting a mile away while a firefighter suffering heat exhaustion. Waiting an hour for an ambulance on any EMS call is just wrong. When one of our firefighters is injured they need to become the priority.

The LMRFD put a volunteer firefighter through the recent EMR Emergency Medical Responder course and should be nationally certified by now. 

The LMRFD should be asking the Arizona EMS Bureau why the Arizona Revised Statutes say an EMR can work on an ambulance and assist EMT's and paramedics and drive the ambulance. 

AGAIN a two man crew, one EMT and one paramedic can not run a cardiac arrest call and transport. It takes a minimum of 3 preferably 4 people to run a cardiac arrest and do EFFECTIVE CPR on scene or in the ambulance during transport.