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That doesn't really answer the question. Why is a fire truck helping a drunk instead of an ambulance?
by mattmanser 11y ago
That doesn't really answer the question.
Why is a fire truck helping a drunk instead of an ambulance?
- jcrawfordor 11y agoFire crews are also trained as EMTs. So when you're trying to get an EMT somewhere as quickly as possible, that will often actually be a fire crew.
- aliston 11y agoIn San Francisco, the Fire Department is one of the city's ambulance providers. They have ambulances: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/SFFD_ambulance_M75.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/SFFD_amb... Apparently sometimes they send the actual fire trucks, though. It would be interesting to know if these stats included the ambulance service.
- pstuart 11y agoWhere I live (in the SF East Bay), I often see multiple units servicing medical emergencies. I can't help but think that the extra units show up so that they can inflate their stats for community service when contract time comes.