Gerber ambulance 2013

[NPO]

First-In is a call where a patient or patient's family calls dispatch directly for a transport, usually BLS however some turn into ALS calls where the EMT crew will call for fire to respond.

This is not correct. First in means your are the first ambulance service to respond.

Example : Vernon Fire Dept is first in ambulance to Vernon. Bowers is second in.

Private dispatch centers are not supposed to field 911 calls. They are supposed to be EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatcher) so they can triage the call and transfer the call to the local 911 dispatch center.

 

[Danno]

Oh ok, so they'll call dispatch directly instead of 911? I'm assuming there's set protocols on when Gerber's dispatch would automatically call Torrance FD vs when just sending an ambulance? Would those responses/transports ever be code 3?

The previous definition of "first-in" in this thread is correct, this one is not. What he just described is still an IFT....You will not respond code 3 and you will definitely not transport if the call is deemed ALS.

 

[Jim37F]

This is not correct. First in means your are the first ambulance service to respond.

Example : Vernon Fire Dept is first in ambulance to Vernon. Bowers is second in.

Private dispatch centers are not supposed to field 911 calls. They are supposed to be EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatcher) so they can triage the call and transfer the call to the local 911 dispatch center.

The previous definition of "first-in" in this thread is correct, this one is not. What he just described is still an IFT....You will not respond code 3 and you will definitely not transport if the call is deemed ALS.

Ok, thanks for the clarification guys