Does McCormick staff enough units? Have a buddy who works there who had a 15 minute respond from Hawthorne. No idea into where.
They bought everyone. That was their down fall. Care was only an ift company until falk came around. Walter Schaefer told amr to kick rocks when they offered and same for Oscar Bowers. Theres all kinds of politics in the history.
I heard that Emergency Ambulance in Brea was a big company at one point.
Yea and they had offers from Falk for a buy out but I dunno what happened. I think they are doing a scratch my back ill scratch yours to try and slay off any accusations of monopoly which it is. Alot of kick backs.
Yes which is/ was directly across from their 24, up the street from PIH.
As had I. My point is they happen anywhere to anyone, and it gets old. Also "sick", or "good" calls are subjective.
What cities did they have back in the day?
I'm not to good with my history in regards to OC as there were several companies. OCFA destroyed some great services.
Adams is a new one on my list! Sleeping a good 5 hours tonight!
Still very saddened about Doctors.
We have two 24 hour units in Lynwood, 2 more in Willowbrook...next closest station is Inglewood (2 more units) and Hawthorne (2 BLS and an ALS unit) but Hawthorne/Inglewood also have "day cars" sprinkled throughout.....so while it's not uncommon for us Willowbrook units to be on move ups/running calls in Lynwood, and everyonce in a while if the day is just calls dropping left and right a Carson based unit can find themselves up there (I've also found myself running calls in Ladera Heights when calls are popping off in the other direction though...) A little more rare to see one of our Inglewood/Hawthorne units over in our areas.. (Battalion 18 and 20 usually keep them busy ha)
Thanks for the info! Sounds just like out LA county side. All 9-1-1 with the every once in a while IFT call.
The only IFT I've gotten so far has been while working out of our Lomita station, though our other unit from my station got one out of MLK Urgent Care a while back...though they'll often call 911 so we'll get those as County calls vs IFT's lol (knocking on wood......)
Wow and than take them next door to the ED? Thats some hard work there. Do the guys just walk across the street from the station?
Smart lol. Is MLK back to being a receiving facility?
Squad 14's? Athens, lol?
Sometimes lol It's always real fun hearing someone on a call at King Urgent Care go "2 Negative to MLK, show us at Destination as well" ({code] 2, Negative [PMA, Paramedic Assist] aka BLS vs 3 Positive is Code 3 with Positive Paramedic Assist for ALS is our official radio lingo)
At least if the ER calls its some sort of trauma or STEMI transfer, usually to St FrancisYeah, just a basic receiving, no specialty centers...can take a chest pain or altered there say, but not a code STEMI or Stroke or anything requiring a Trauma Center
South Central LA, basically the area between Inglewood and the 110 corridor
That'd be Athens, kind sir
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