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Caught this at our ER this am 2016 Chevy Caprice police package stealth lettering 

 
Just out of curiosity, are the local VAC's OK with this? I think it's a great arrangement, and should be done here in Westchester, but I can see some anti-progress people around here not liking this or viewing it as competition, along with some billing issues. (Although I think WEMS may have a 40-A-1 that can do this?)
 
Also, is it staffed double medic, or medic/EMT?

Do all the trucks respond from the hospital, or are there stations or posts?

They are posted  

Almost forgot  hospital EMS also provides transport services for patients going on to rehab  centers/nursing homes  We have begun a van service for families needing rides for treatments at hospital 

Englewood Hospital & Medical Center Tour Chiefs  Unit 294  (radio I'd of tour chief working)2003 Suburban/Oddesey 

Also caught Unit 2017 (riding as 236  )2015 Ford E350 PL Custom @ER

Here's unit 2011 Ex Palisade Park PK A4 soon to be replaced Hospital got this unit & an older twin unit when they disbanded their Squad yeah it's a Horton 

Here's 1 of the first units bought by Englewood hospital when we started our EMS Program Unit 2006 riding as 232 1999 Frod E 350 AEV

It absolutely can be viewed as "competition", but the thing is (based on comments in this thread) the VACs created this situation.  If they had consistently and reliably gotten their BLS units on the street in a timely manner, then the hospital probably wouldn't have looked at making this change.  A SUV is a lot cheaper to operate as a fly car than an ambulance.

2 new MICU Units donatedhttp://mobile.bergendispatch.com/articles/37756334/HackensackUMC-Receives-Donation-of-Paramedic-Vehicles.aspx

Caught tour chief 297 using unit 2001 A 2000  Chevy Suburban Oddessy today

A lot of agencies seem to be going with the F series because you an get the diesel engine

A lot of agencies seem to be going with the F series because you an get the diesel engine

Closter NJ EMS Has a Ford F450 4WD Horton Ambulance on order (Part of  trend in northern valley)

 
 
2000 GPM, 1000 gallons.   I had the awesome luck of getting a photo op with it the day after it arrived.   
 
 

Thanks for the info Andy nice shot!!

Here's tenafly 41 (2000?) Ford E 350 Horton  at the ER this am This is old look

 

    Empress handles A LOT of the ME Heart work- that stands for Montefiore-Einstein Heart Center cath lab stuff. If you have a STEMI in many Bronx or  lower Westchester hospitals, Empress does the STAT txp from where you are infarcting to the cath lab. EG: St Joes, Mt Vernon, Sound Shore, NCB, Jacobi.
     Empress also has a crew 24X7 at the old Westchester Square hospital, which was part of the deal with NYS- if that facility was to be a treatment center with no admission beds, there had to be a dedicated EMS presence there to txp folks that needed admission.
    Empress is also doing some pretty complex work for Einstein involving ECMO- Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation call. These machines are a way of pumping blood and oxygenating blood outside the body while the problem with the heart and lungs is fixed. They are bulky and very heavy. The pt's are usually in an induced come with 5-6 medicated drips, a ventilator, an arterial line monitor and EKG and  ETCO monitor. We take two MD's and a perfusionist with us. These are very are intense jobs.
    Empress also now handles the Live-On NY organ transplant team. We gather a fly-car full of medical staff, run them to where the doner is, then bring the team and the organs to where they need to go. Or we meat a team at an airport with an incoming organ. I hear last night we did SEVEN of these jobs.
 
Not trying to brag(*) but the reaction I have gotten from the facility staff has been, quoting, 'You guys are 10 times better than Transcare', and on another occasion, 'Oh, you're not Transcare? Good!'
*= OK maybe a little bit. I Still feel very bad for any still left jobless, or owed pay/vacation etc.
 
FYI: Empress bought some Transcare ambulances at auction. If you want a photo-op before they get re-lettered, let me know.
Bill

Very entertaining video!

 

Here's South Orangetown 's 32 B1 Ford E350 PL Custom Remount on to 2015 chassis  at the hospital ER They are located in south end of Rockland county  in Tappan NY
few exits north on the parkway hop skip & a jump

100%. Surprise vote by the board. Rye Brook currently without fire protection, sent the PC career firefighter home.
 
Cops at every PC fire house