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How does the New York ambulance system works exactly?
I see there are multiple ambulance providers on the streets (SeniorCare, FDNY, New York Presbyterian, some volunteers, AMR, etc).
Are the ambulances always stationed at specific locations in the city for 911 calls when not on a call?
Or does the FDNY dispatcher let the ambulances (from all different providers) station randomly in the city?
And is the garage for service/maintenance and parking off-duty ambulances only, or do they also respond out of those garages?
Are the 911 ambulances also used for interclinical transports? Or are those services strictly seperated from 911 ambulances and assigned to special teams?
Thanks all!
I see there are multiple ambulance providers on the streets (SeniorCare, FDNY, New York Presbyterian, some volunteers, AMR, etc).
Are the ambulances always stationed at specific locations in the city for 911 calls when not on a call?
Or does the FDNY dispatcher let the ambulances (from all different providers) station randomly in the city?
And is the garage for service/maintenance and parking off-duty ambulances only, or do they also respond out of those garages?
Are the 911 ambulances also used for interclinical transports? Or are those services strictly seperated from 911 ambulances and assigned to special teams?
Thanks all!