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I'll be curious to see it. Btw, a few weeks ago I saw 7 new AEV type 3 rigs at AMR. I assume they're destined for the Gilbert 911 contract. The rigs disappeared recently so I'm guessing they're somewhere getting the new graphics applied.

I saw it on display at EMS World Expo in Vegas last month. I believe it was a Road Rescue box.

Demers is a less expensive alternative to the premium brands you have listed above (with the exception of Wheeled Coach). I don't recall any of the top builders winning a PFD ambulance bid in the past. Btw, none of the builders are offering Ford Transit-based Type 3's yet. The GVW rating is lower than the Ford E-450 cutaway Type 3 chassis. Crestline will have a Transit Type 3 prototype on display at EMS Expo in Las Vegas next month. I'm guessing it will be targeted more towards interfacility transport duty.

Oh yeah, I forgot about those Taylor Made rigs. I seem to recall hearing that PFD had to send all of them back to the factory in Arkansas for warranty work right after they took delivery of them.

In 1985 PFD started their ambulance operation using Ford/Collins Type II rigs and then sometime in the 1990s they made the switched to Type 1's. I can't recall the exact year when they began buying Type III's

Envision Healthcare Enters Definitive Agreement to Acquire Rural/Metro

Gilbert city council voted to approve the AMR contract at the 7-30-2014 council meeting. AMR is required to agree not to oppose GFD's CON application. I wouldn't be surprised to see GFD doing ALS transports with its own ambulances before the end of this year.

Gilbert has also applied for a CON.

Buckeye has a DHS CON hearing scheduled in August and again in November. It's a long and expensive process. No doubt Buckeye Valley will be at the hearing to oppose the issuance of a CON to Buckeye.

I think it's going to be tough for any more Valley fire departments to get their own CONs, and almost impossible for Maricopa Ambulance. It's doubtful DHS is going to be sympathetic to FDs now that R/M has emerged from bankruptcy and AMR has entered the market. The best hope for FDs is to lobby the state legislature and convince the politicians to do away the the CON law. Until that happens the DHS has to comply with the CON law and must not allow the Valley to become oversaturated with ambulance service providers. It's my guess the additional issuance of CONs in the Valley is about to come to a screeching halt. A few FDs got theirs in the past 6 months but the remaining FDs aspiring to get into 911 transport are too late for the party.

That's an interesting development. Glad to hear AMR is breaking into the 911 transport market so soon. I thought it would be next year at the earliest. AMR has 6 brand new Type 3 rigs sitting in front of their Tempe office that are not being utilized. I would imagine those available rigs would allow AMR to start serving Gilbert or QC right away. BTW, the SWA east Valley regional ambulance contract expired about a year ago. Glendale's contract with SWA expired about two years ago. Like Gilbert, Glendale is also having problems with R/M concerning reimbursements. This might compel Glendale to sign with AMR. Glendale withdrew its application to get its own ambulance service CON a couple of weeks ago.

Possibly that Ford dealership is contracted to do the maintenance on AMR's rigs. I don't believe they have their own fleet maintenance facility yet. AMR is slowly taking interfacility transport market share away from R/M. I'm guessing it will take a couple of years before they begin to put a big dent in R/M's business in the Valley.

Is it a box or is it a van? AMR has a couple of plain white Ford Type 3 rigs in its local fleet. Maybe GFD is exploring a new 911 transport contract with AMR.

AMR has 14 2013 Ford Type 2 and 6 2013 Ford Type 3 rigs registered by DHS to operate in Maricopa County. I haven't seen any of the Type 3 units yet. I'm guessing they're probably parked in a garage up in Prescott until AMR can generate enough business in the Valley to put them to work. Most of the Type 2 rigs are parked in AMR's Tempe garage. Only about 4 or 5 of those seem to be staffed. AMR has only been doing busness for little over a month so it will take a while before most of the rigs hit the streets and start generating income.

Rural/Metro competitor approved to operate in Maricopa County

Southwest Ambulance puts new Ford/Braun rigs in service.

San Bernardino Fire Department gives AMR 25% of 9-1-1 medical calls

I gotta give Neal Thomas credit for being tenacious. He suffered through about 75 hours of testimony at the AZ DHS hearing before the administrative law judge. The judge and AZ DHS protected R/M's monopoly and refused to issue a CON to Mr. Thomas. Maricopa County is the 6th largest metro area in the US. Hospitals, nursing facilities and others in metro Phoenix must use R/M for interfacility transports. They have no alternative. Pathetic! Here's the link to Channel 5's brief investigative report.

Ambulance company sues state, seeks to offer cheaper service

Rural/Metro opposes new ambulance operator setting up shop in Phoenix

Sun City has applied to DHS for an ambulance service CON. http://www.yourwestvalley.com/suncity/article_3ea91142-43ff-11e4-84c5-7372eefd243d.html

City’s contract tweaks both tighten and loosen requirements

GVFD: Is ambulance service a necessity, or is it a CON job?

gunhog11, thanks for the update on R/M's Pima County operations. The displacement of those paramedics you mentioned might be just the beginning their job anxiety. An additional disruptive situation could occur in 2015. A DHS CON hearing is scheduled for late March. AMR intends to enter the Pima County EMS market. Click link below for all of the relevant DHS/OAH documents. If AMR is granted CONs for Maricopa and Pima counties, I see the possibility of R/M being pushed back into Chapter 11. This could ultimately result in a merger with Envision Healthcare or Falck. https://portal.azoah.com/oedf/documents/2015A-EMS-0011-DHS/index.html

Rural/Metro may face rival