Shared Public/Private Staffing Model

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I recently came across the following staffing models in a more rural area and am curious to how common it is and if anyone has any experience working in such a way.

As far as I can tell, the fire district provides an FF/EMT-IV and station space and AMR provides the ambulance and a medic (non-dual role).

What are the advantages to this and is it common elsewhere?
 
Edit: I read your thread wrong

I have never heard of this before.
 
Our system is similar in some places. In two of the towns we operate in, we have a bay at the fire station for our ambulance, but we provide all the staffing for the ambulance. We have fire respond on all of our calls as well.
 
I once worked for a private service that was contracted to provide EMS for a rural county. We used their trucks, and were supposed to just be the crew, but their volunteers were always coming out and splitting us up, making 2 crews for the price of one.

IDK if that's what you meant, either.
 
This seems like it has a lot of Political and Liability loops to jump through.
 
abckidsmom said:
I once worked for a private service that was contracted to provide EMS for a rural county. We used their trucks, and were supposed to just be the crew, but their volunteers were always coming out and splitting us up, making 2 crews for the price of one.

IDK if that's what you meant, either.
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That's similar, though the FF is a full time employee of the district. I guess it's just their way of getting a medic without upgrading to an ALS department. Seems like it would be easier to just contract it all out...
 
It doesn't sound that strange to me, or like there would be a legal/liability problem.

The contract probably stipulates that AMR will provide staff and rigs and the city/county they are serving will provide stations and man power. It really makes a lot of sense for a rural area. I'm familiar with a few areas that have plenty of stations and basic FF/EMTs but they aren't able to have ALS because everyone volunteers around their full time lives.

It really isn't that different than the ALS chase rig model, except for who is providing the ambulance.
 
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