In the US, fire departments have far fewer fires to respond to, and many more medical calls, varying with the local situation - dual or single response by FD a

In the US, fire departments have far fewer fires to respond to, and many more medical calls, varying with the local situation - dual or single response by FD and EMS, transport by EMS xor FD, FD has paramedics (many hundreds of hours of training) or only EMTs (about 100 hours) or variations in between (varies by state).