Chief you don't live here and you just don't understand.
You live in Kingman. when you're up hunting and your daughter gets injured, Kingman Fire Department and EMS are only minutes away.
A few weeks ago it took the LMRFD ambulance 2 hours to respond to an 8 month old baby with a head injury. Because there was only one person on the ambulance, he couldn't even transport the baby after arriving. After driving some distance to meet the ambulance at Pierce Ferry and Stockton Hill Rd, then waiting 2 hours for the ambulance the parents were told they could wait another hour for AMR to respond, or drive to KRMC alone with their baby.
A volunteer EMR could have driven the ambulance while the paramedic did the care.
Why weren't the parents told it would be a very long wait for the ambulance and to drive their baby to the hospital.
Kingman Fire Dept dispatch doesnt understand our fire district. They send fire trucks on EMS calls and the ambulance on fire calls, with no morning check ins neither dispatch or people listening have any idea if there is a crew in Meadview.. They refuse to give you an ETA on the ambulance so you can make the choice to take the person to the hospital
We need volunteer EMR's and EMT's, not firefighters. We had 79 calls in 30 days, not one fire call. We have one person on the paid crew who doesn't fight fire, only does EMS.
It costs $250 to train an EMR who can drive and assist on our ambulance. We could train 10 EMR's for what we receive on one ambulance call.
The people inside the LMRFD who pay property taxes get the same service as those outside in White Hills who only pay when and if they need fire response.
COMING SOON
The dumbing down of volunteers
Dangerous Short Cuts Can Cost Lives
Lack of Proper Training
Jay, did you ever get a response?
ReplyDelete"The people inside the LMRFD who pay property taxes get the same service as those outside in White Hills who only pay when and if they need fire response."
Easy answer. Every wonder why YOU get service ANYWHERE you go even though you are NOT in the district?
From San Francisco to New York to Miami to San Diego ... When you need the services, you'll get them.