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Making cost recovery promises they can't keep. Beware Peoria citizens!
 
City ambulances may be in operation by this winter

Anyone who is apart of the regional dispatch system.

They do. Sun Lakes had their rescues there for radio work.

 
I haven't heard anything. I've noticed all the AMT rides are pretty much sold off. The Rural Metro Ambulance brand that has been running in Maricopa county have switched into Southwest Ambulance rides for both Interfacility and EMS. Leaving Rural Metro Fire rescues, Southwest Ambulance, and PMT ambulance. Not sure much on the PMT side. I would guess Comtrans and all of those other brands that Bob started. 

They have been handling IF from Del Webb for some time now. They have both Medic and Rescue units. SW actually does not have a CON for IF transports in that area. RM does. They used to dispatch AMT or RM marked ambulances into SCW when requested to do so. 

Daisy Mountain is experiencing this right now. At times, all of their rescues along with their medic unit are on transports from JCL. 

It gets scary sometimes when 3 of the rescues are away doing hospital transfers. Buckeye Valley has 1 rescue dedicated to that, but when they are gone, the next closest rescue gets called. Like you said, doesn't pay enough to overlook the consequences of what could happen.

Medic 263 and Medic 264 start doing dry runs (not transporting), I believe, Dec 21. Medic 261 is the part-time ride that will operated from 0900-2100. New CCU ride doesn't have the power-loader like the medics. Rides will dispatched on altered protocols. Rides go live Jan 4.

Queen Creek New Rescue 411 is a new  Horton type 1  453 Ambulance 

Rural/Metro competitor approved to operate in Maricopa County

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

Rural/Metro may face rival

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.

A few years ago the Town of Florence entered into contract with Southwest Ambulance. The contract places requirements on the ambulances. Such requirements include vehicles under a certain millage, therefore SW has purchased new vehicles for the area.
 
First a little background;
The Town of Florence Fire Department aka Florence Fire/Medical has two stations and staffs three apparatus. With plans on expansion with the upcoming annexations planned.
 
FS541: E541, TRV541
FS542: L542, C541, BC542, BC543
 
Southwest Ambulance operates out of two stations.
 
Station 548 Historic Florence
AP548
AP549
 
Station 547 aka Florence Hospital at Anthem
AP547
 
The first wave of 'new' ambulances came after SW pulled from Chandler. Shops 486, 487, & 488 were R281, R2810, & AP283 thus becoming AP547 (shop486), AP548 (shop487), and AP549 (shop488).
 
The next wave came in March when SW purchased 3 brand new Ford/Braun ambulances. These have the Ford gas motors. Shops 494 (AP547), 495 (AP548), & 496 (AP549). The lighting seems to be the cheaper Code 3 PSE brand LED lighting vs the Whelen light package that were on the Chandler Rescues.
 
Those Chandler rescues then went to Maricopa as AP571 (shop486), AP572 (shop487), & AP573(shop488).
 
Here are some photos... I'll work on getting better quality of all the rides.
 

 
 
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/oct/30/sd-continues-outsourcing-ambulance-service/

When did that happen? Not sure I much care for it.
 
http://www.ruralmetro.com/

 
http://blogs.wsj.com/privateequity/2013/10/30/ruralmetro-pressed-for-details-on-chapter-11-exit-plan/