Used models to calculate number of volunteers for 24/365 ambulance

[FireOfficer]

hi to you all,

which models do you use or how do you calcute the number of volunteers needed to have one ambulance staffed with personel (2 EMT's/Paramedic) 24/7/365?

Or what is the staff in your service? What if you have one professional employee and work with another one as volunteer?

with regards,

FireOfficer

 

[planetmike]

One two person crew on duty, 24/7/365 = 17,520 hours of labor per year. If a full time equivalent employee is 2,000 hours per year, you'd need at least nine full-time employees. Volunteers probably won't run that often, so change the estimate accordingly. For example, if a volunteer runs 12 hours a week, that means you need at least 36 people.

Increase appropriately for your geographic region, weather, training, busy times, holidays, etc... Keep in mind your state's requirement's for manning ALS units, and minimum total staffing requirements.

 

[akflightmedic]

Bite the bullet and pay for the ALS fly car M-F 8-5 or some variation of that...augmented by volunteer driver during the day to respond with transport unit if needed and see how that goes for 8-12 months in regards to overall service delivery in relation to call volume. Then revisit and adjust accordingly.

Test this model out with your mutual aid friends since they may need to come if the volunteers do not.

After 5pm and weekends...can usually count on volunteers being available.