Looking at the Code2High website - it is apparent that most of the subruban Fds have their own ambulances.
Bottom line - private ambulances serve with LA County FD - all the other Fds have their own ambulances. (makes it pretty easy to grasp) On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:27 PM, Peter Szerlagi <zer...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://forums.radioreference.com/greater-los-angeles-inland-areas-discussion/183241-paramedic-hospital-base-frequencies-3.html > > some info on Massachusetts also > > ---------------------------- > > Lets see if I can explain LA County EMS is 100 words or less > > Los Angeles County is subdivided into - unincoporated areas, and 88 > (IIRC) cities. The LA County FD serves all of the unincoporated areas, > and maybe 50 of the cities. LA County FD provides first responder and > ALS first response service. Ambulance service (the actual vehicle that > transports the patient to the hospital) is provided by private > ambulance companies. The County FD area is divided up into (maybe 10) > County Ambulance Zones. (as partially mentioned in the thread) > > Los Angeles City does not use private ambulances in their 911 system. > The LAFD operates their own ambulances. > > Some of the suburban city FDs also operate FD ambulances - such as > Pasadena, Beverly Hills, etc. I am not sure about the rest of the > suburbs - they either contract for their own private ambulances, or > maybe they are required to use the County Zone ambulance. > > Angeles National Forest does not operate any amblances. AFAIK the > ambulances respond on orders of the County FD. > > AFAIK there is no such thing as a police ambulance in Los Angeles > County. I suspect that all EMS on the highways is done via the local > FDs or County FD (and private ambulances). > > Medical helicopter service works like this I think - LA City - first > due is LAFD helo - LA County - first due is LA County FD helos - ANF - > Sheriff Air 5 daytimes - suburbs - ??? - maybe a private helo - maybe > County FD helo - ???? - interhospital transfers - ??? > > Note - County Lifeguard paramedics protect Catalina Island - (and > maybe the Zuma Beach area in far western Malibu) > > Note - Edwards AFB probably has their own FD medic ambulances > > Note - there might be 1 or 2 oil refineries with their own ambulances > > (maybe 400 words - not too bad) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to massfire+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to massfire@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
