Als update for fire trucks

Quote from Petersen12

That's an ambulance engine that all of like 5 departments have across the globe. What myself and others have brought forward multiple times in the past is Paramedic Engines that are used across the states as ALS intercept for private bls services

I have a really dumb question here: if you have a Paramedic (or Paramedic Assessment) Engine for these calls, and the patient DOES require ambo transport for an ALS issue, and you are using BLS ambos, does that mean the Paramedic Engine has to now follow the BLS ambo to the hospital?

Quote from dgsmith67

I have a really dumb question here: if you have a Paramedic (or Paramedic Assessment) Engine for these calls, and the patient DOES require ambo transport for an ALS issue, and you are using BLS ambos, does that mean the Paramedic Engine has to now follow the BLS ambo to the hospital?

that is true, some parts of California the paramedic staffed engines do follow the ambulances to the hospital as part of the follow up process. If one of the medics is in the ambulance treating as they are enroute to care. a friend of mine up in Washington state tells me their department is limited on transport medics and the engine crews are trained in ALS do all the medical runs then calls for a medic for transport or an ambulance company if their medic unit/units are O/S.

Quote from dgsmith67

I have a really dumb question here: if you have a Paramedic (or Paramedic Assessment) Engine for these calls, and the patient DOES require ambo transport for an ALS issue, and you are using BLS ambos, does that mean the Paramedic Engine has to now follow the BLS ambo to the hospital?

Sorry it took me a while to reply, but it looks like LAC-1014 pretty much covered your question. It helps in areas where there is no ALS EMS and no squads. Glendale CA for example is all BLS Ambos with ALS staffed fire engines

basically it would be great for us roleplayers

also would be awesome if a medical run could upgrade to an engine response for a (lift assist) call

Quote from Petersen12

Sorry it took me a while to reply, but it looks like LAC-1014 pretty much covered your question. It helps in areas where there is no ALS EMS and no squads. Glendale CA for example is all BLS Ambos with ALS staffed fire engines

Then the ALS Engine has to put the medic on the Ambo for an ALS patient and then engine has to follow to the hospital, putting the engine out of service?

Quote from ChiefBoden61

Then the ALS Engine has to put the medic on the Ambo for an ALS patient and then engine has to follow to the hospital, putting the engine out of service?

it's the reality of how things run in parts of California. if you don't want to utilize the follow up system then respond with an ALS ambulance to your runs. just because some of the gamers want that feature doesn't mean you need to go with it.