I have been trying to set up a ride along in the suburbs of Philly for about 4 weeks now. I have filled out forms, made phone calls, sent emails, and stopped by my local ambulance Co. I have yet to receive any response from anyone from the 2 stations I have contacted. Can someone offer any suggestions or recommend a station to contact?
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bigbaldguy
Former medic seven years 911 service in houston
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December is a bad time of year to try and get in touch with people. Lots of people out of town for Holidays ect.. Scheduling a ride along tends to take low priority at the best of times. You might want to follow up with these places again now that the holidays are over with.
What is the purpose of your ride along? Do you need it for a requirement for EMT school? Have you worked through your program's administrative assistant? Do you have a particular contact at the local ambulance service? Have you tried different services?
Have you tried Malvern Fire, who do mainly ALS chase for some other departments?
You could also hit up Radnor or Berwyn. They both run ALS ambulances, and both are pretty busy. You should at least be able to walk into Berwyn at any reasonable time of the day and get a tour of the ambulances and I'm pretty sure they do ride alongs, though it's been a while since I rode there, since I'm at college all the time in Maryland.
I'm assuming you've already tried Lafayette?
If you don't mind travel, Good Fellowship in West Chester allows them too.
PM me with more questions, I live (sometimes) about 5 minutes from the KOP Mall.
You could also hit up Radnor or Berwyn. They both run ALS ambulances, and both are pretty busy. You should at least be able to walk into Berwyn at any reasonable time of the day and get a tour of the ambulances and I'm pretty sure they do ride alongs, though it's been a while since I rode there, since I'm at college all the time in Maryland.
I'm assuming you've already tried Lafayette?
If you don't mind travel, Good Fellowship in West Chester allows them too.
PM me with more questions, I live (sometimes) about 5 minutes from the KOP Mall.
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I'll concur with the Good Fellowship suggestion. They are a BLS 911 service... If you ride along during the day, you will probably see some interesting stuff. www.goodfellowship.com