The good ole, Vanbulance.

TransportJockey said:
Lol i hope uou know that coming from me at least that that answer was dripping in sarcasm
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Yeah I got that lol. Now the PC-12s your dealing with are much better, except for the darn load height.
 
usalsfyre said:
Yeah I got that lol. Now the PC-12s your dealing with are much better, except for the darn load height.
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Lol pc12? I wish. The air side if my company flies king air 90s at the other two bases and 421 Cessnas at my base. I love the PIC12s though
 
TransportJockey said:
Lol pc12? I wish. The air side if my company flies king air 90s at the other two bases and 421 Cessnas at my base. I love the PIC12s though
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For some reason I was thinking of Native, who I think? has the PC12s. The King Airs are worse on load height, and the 1980s called, they want their 421s back.
 
usalsfyre said:
For some reason I was thinking of Native, who I think? has the PC12s. The King Airs are worse on load height, and the 1980s called, they want their 421s back.
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Yep Native and Tristate both fly PC 12s I believe. And our 422s are going away for a king air by the end of the year thankfully lol. There's a reason I do 911 for them lol
 
When I first started working as an EMT, I used type II ambulances. I didn't like driving type III ambulances. Then I got hired at another company and worked on type III CCT ambulances. I've been working there for over 2 1/2 years, and I am doing my internship in type III ALS ambulances. I've worked in a type II ambulance a couple of times here and there (when we didn't have a nurse or I worked on a BLS unit), and I totally prefer type III ambulances now!
 
I don't know how CALSTAR managed to squeeze 2 patients, 2 nurses, and a pilot into their BO-105's... With the possible exception of one base, I don't think they use the 105's for any serious work any more.
 
Akulahawk said:
I don't know how CALSTAR managed to squeeze 2 patients, 2 nurses, and a pilot into their BO-105's... With the possible exception of one base, I don't think they use the 105's for any serious work any more.
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The BO105 is actually a great helicopter. I worked in them for about 6 years. They are small (and slow), but I'll take a BO over an A-star or a 206 any day.
 
Remi said:
The BO105 is actually a great helicopter. I worked in them for about 6 years. They are small (and slow), but I'll take a BO over an A-star or a 206 any day.
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Didn't say that the BO wasn't a great helicopter. Just small...
 
TransportJockey said:
Looks like an Astar, pretty common HEMS bird
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That's because it is. The CHP helos are (IIRC) classified as "Rescue" helicopters and not an "Air Ambulance" because of the number of providers onboard. There's only one Officer/Paramedic. The other Officer is the pilot.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
Mercy and reach have some airships about that size also
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Around Sacramento, I usually hear (or occasionally see) REACH flying an Agusta 109 or a Jet Ranger with 4 main rotor blades. That makes for a very distinctive sound. They apparently also use EC-135's now, but I haven't seen those around here. Sacramento City PD's "Air One" is a Jet Ranger with just 2 main rotor blades. The Sheriff's Department uses EC-120's. Those also have a distinctive sound.

I've heard Sac Metro Fire's "Copter 1" at times, but that ship usually doesn't take patients and it's a classic UH-1...
 
Oh, and to get us back on topic, the one kind of ambulance I never wanted (and never have) to work in is those little one made from a GMC Safari mini-van.
 
Akulahawk said:
Didn't say that the BO wasn't a great helicopter
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I know. I was just sayin'.


Akulahawk said:
Around Sacramento, I usually hear (or occasionally see) REACH flying an Agusta 109 or a Jet Ranger with 4 main rotor blades. That makes for a very distinctive sound.
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That's a 407.....the 206 only had 2 blades.
 
Akulahawk said:
Oh, and to get us back on topic, the one kind of ambulance I never wanted (and never have) to work in is those little one made from a GMC Safari mini-van.
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I'd like to try working in one of these...if only because I'd like to be able to try running EMS in Israel. (And, maybe, just maybe, it'll have better handling than a Type III).

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LightItUp98 said:
This reminds me of the kid from malcom in the middle...
I...*breath*...also...*breath*...had...*breath*...no problems...*breath*...with space...*breath*...while working...*breath*...in the type II's..............*breath*.....
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I was just about to say that as I read it, the OP sounded out of breath... the Malcolm reference is spot on, though!
 
Remi said:
I know. I was just sayin'.




That's a 407.....the 206 only had 2 blades.
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Unless it's a 222, I never did bother with Bell Helicopter model numbers... just their commonly used names.
 
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