I worked for DG back in the late 90's under Gravitz's watch. The service has always been destined to fail and puts patients in harms way.
Besides the "hazing" before you got your patch
Besides the way management allowed sexual discrimination
Besides the harrassment from the training folks
Paramedics at DG were FORCED to:
Double load patients from 2 different calls
Administer sublingual Narcan and walk away from Overdose patients
Drive like a madman to make unrealistic response times
Dump patients at the ED without proper handoff resports
Handle ALL the EMS calls with 7,8,9 buses on in the city
Refuse care and transport to patients due to overload
IMHO - The entire Division needs to be flushed, the Medics and Management need to be flushed.
Start over as a 3rd service under the Fire Department with a dedicated BLS contract with one of the privates to handle BLS calls.