New Vehicle - Ambus

  • Hey guys,
    I would like to introduce a new vehicle into the game. In Texas, and I'm sure in many other parts of the country, mass casualty ambulances are placed throughout populated areas in case of MCIs. They're staffed by multiple departments should the need arise. Usually 6 paramedics/firefighters are needed to run them. In our area, there are 4 ambuses and 13 across the state. These ambuses are capable of handling up to 18 patients or 6 critical patients. With major incidents piling up in this game, they would be a useful tool. Here are some pictures of the local ones.

  • Here they use trailers that hold the equipment to deal with triage, etc. Or have it in a Light Rescue or SUV. Some fire departments have a bus they use for transport of firefighters to parades or functions a ways away that could be used to shelter the people with minor injuries. Critical injuries are all handled by ambulances.

  • Like Chicago's Ambulance bus 8-8-12 it's only used for MCI's or huge incident's (or just for when the cities about to hold a parade or event where a large crowd of people are at such as the Blackhawks celebration event that took place in Chicago) where it would require more than an EMS plan 3 which is where an exactly 15 Ambulances and a whole lot of the departments medical service units are at the scene. heres a picture of it. Here's some information about it when it was unvailed in 2012 in a CFD press release. A bus-sized ambulance that allows treatment of 13 patients at a time was unveiled today by the Chicago Fire Department, along with new heart monitors for all fire ambulances.
    A custom-built CFD EMS patient transport bus was purchased with about $500,000 grant funds from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, allowing emergency treatment and transport for 13 patients, according to a CFD news release.
    It has an onboard staff of four and is equipped with Automatic External Defibrillators and pulmonary support equipment including oxygen and emergency care drugs.
    “The Chicago Fire Department’s EMS patient transport bus is the first of its kind in Illinois and will be used for any incident where multiple patient transports can be consolidated for delivery of more efficient care and resource management,” said Fire Commissioner Jose Santiago.
    The CFD also announced 12-Lead ECG monitors are now in all advanced life support ambulances, which will allow paramedics to more quickly diagnose heart attacks.
    “With the 12-Lead ECG monitors in place in all of the CFD’s 60 ALS ambulances, we have upgraded to the most advanced mobile cardiac diagnostic tool currently available for heart attack patients,” Santiago said in the release.


  • in TORONTO ONTARIO CANADA they look like thishttps://www.google.ca/search?q=ambulance+bus+toronto&biw=1600&bih=791&tbm=isch&imgil=EpMKdjudMPoSgM%253A%253BXF20yweETm6gfM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.youtube.com%25252Fwatch%25253Fv%2525253DJcTL88p2v2c&source=iu&pf=m&fir=EpMKdjudMPoSgM%253A%252CXF20yweETm6gfM%252C_&usg=__Q7yXrpYXjiNqMNnQLWR7frBpQMM%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjz5IqP8ZjRAhUj64MKHeQrBRIQyjcIOQ&ei=wLtkWPOEMaPWjwTk15SQAQ#imgrc=EpMKdjudMPoSgM%3A

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