Arizona approves Tempe PMT contract
Phoenix, Arizona - The Arizona Department of Health Services has given the green light for Tempe, Arizona's contract with PMT Ambulance. The contract calls for a range of different services provided by PMT. The state agency had originally questionned several parts of the contract, but has now given its approval. PMT will displace Rural/Metro's Southwest Ambulance, which had served the city for almost two decades.
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Ambulance response times go online
Melbourne, Australia - Anyone will be able to see how long it takes for ambulances to respond with a new public internet online system in Australia.
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Rural/Metro unveils plan to shake up board
Scottsdale, Arizona - Rural/Metro Corp. announced a settlement with investor Accipiter Capital Management that changes the makeup of the Scottsdale company's board of directors. The board chairman and another long-time company veteran will leave the board.
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Private fire may not refund subscriptions
Queen Creek, Arizona - Town Manager John Kross and Mayor Art Sanders are leading a crusade to help Queen Creek residents get their money back after unfulfilled promises by Rural/Metro to provide refunds. The town is switching to a municiple fire department, commencing with a contract with neighboring Gilbert, Arizona, which voted Rural/Metro out more than 10 years ago.
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Laid-off FFs seeking work
Tucson, Arizona - When the Avra Valley Fire District governing board voted Nov. 20 to lay off more than half of its firefighters, no decision was made as to who would lose their jobs and who would be retained. Several have gone onto jobs with neighboring fire departments and a private ambulance company.
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Salt Lake City has major alarm fire
Salt Lake City, Utah - Salt Lake City firefighters, with mutual aid help from the Unified Fire District, battled a four alarm fire in a multi-story building in the congested downtown area. (Photo by Desert Morning News)
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Fire truck market dominated by a few
Dublin, Ireland - The fire apparatus manufacturing industry in North America is dominated by a few large manufacturers, alongside which are numerous small, regional competitors. The top ten manufacturers make up 81% of the industry, with the leading firm accounting for one fifth of the entire market.
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QRV approach for London raises questions
London, England - Quick Responsve Vehicles (QRV) are going one step further in London - Lone paramedics are to be sent to more 999 calls (British version of "9-1-1) in a bid to meet government response time targets. But doctors and unions today raised fears that patients will suffer. The service is under massive pressure to reach three-quarters of the most serious emergencies within eight minutes by April. PHOTO: Quick Response single medics will be sent to more calls (Evening Standard).
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Faulty ambulance engines irk EMS crews
Chattanooga , Tennessee - The engine powering most of the nation's ambulances is in poorer health than the passengers they transport, emergency medical officials in Georgia and Tennessee said. The problems involve Ford's use of Navistar International 6-liter diesel engines.
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Child safety seats for ambulances
Gilbert, Arizona - An Arizona company is about to produce a product to overcome an age old problem - how to transport uninjured infants with the family member that was part of the accident scene. A former Phoenix firefighter turned inventor heads up the company making the ambulance friendly child seats.
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Intel centers losing anti-terror focus
Washington, D.C. - Local intelligence-sharing centers set up after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have had their anti-terrorism mission diluted by a focus on run-of-the-mill street crime and hazards such as hurricanes, a government report concludes. Of the 43 "fusion centers" already established, only two focus exclusively on preventing terrorism.
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