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CCFD staffs all their ambulances with Paramedics so I am not sure what you mean by First Responders. They only have 2 EMT's left with CCFD from years ago that was grandfathered in. So 70 Paramedics and 2 EMTS staff CCFD. There is 3 different 3rd companies that do non emergency calls in Vegas.

With CCFD, they always send FD with ambulances so I am not sure what you are refering to on your first post. This story was about CCFD not LVFD or HDFD. If CCFD can arrive in mins, why cant AMR. Why is AMR pusing the arrived button when GPS is showing them miles away. That is the point I am getting at.

Here is vegas, FD arrives first 2/3 of the time and private ambulance 1/3 of the time. I think FD has a vaild point and the news uncovered that the private ambulance companies are cheating on dispatching the calls. I know out here in Vegas, when you need a paramedic, you depend of FD not AMR or Medicwest

lol I saw that too. Vegas FD make tons of money

They will provide non emergency transport. http://www.communityambulance.com/

FD does have a point though. They arrive first so why can't the private ambulance companies? Where you live Dust, FD responds to all Medical calls too?

This was on todays news. update to the story http://www.8newsnow.com/story/14680798/firefighter-sick-time-investigation-heats-up

What does everyone thing out AMR hitting the arrived button when they are miles away?

http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13951116/commissioner-calls-for-investigation-into-firefighter-overtime http://www.8newsnow.com/story/14673151/county-firefighter-fired-in-sick-leave-investigation

This is from my local news station. I wanted to start a post and get some thoughts from EMS people. http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13897479/i-team http://www.8newsnow.com/story/13534284/i-team-ambulance-companies-and-firefighters-battle-over-emergency-services Is the news wrong? Is Fire Department Right? Is Private Ambulance Right?

Thanks for the advice Rocket... I did not get offended. I am just a serious planner. I want to plan everything out and I stick to the plan and always follow with it. I have done that my whole life and I am 30. I just what to be the highest level I can be when I go into the job market. I can understand that experience is important too but EMT jobs are rare so why not apply as a Paramedic. I do not need to work at all and want to because of the passion I have for helping people. You post a lot of good advice on here and I look forward to more of your posts.

Thank You Herbie and Lone Star. Good replies

thanks chappy for the reply.

I have completed Physchology I, Sociology I, Math 224, English comp and biology classes already. I have a 4.0 GPA. I thought this forum was for questions and I posted under training questions and that is what exactly I am doing is asking questions.

Yeah, I went to the web site from the book which is the book they are using for the semester and it had really crappy resources. Basic stuff and really did not help me at all.