Chicago Eyes Purchasing Ambulance-Like Bus

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Does any agency in the NYC Metro area have a "multiple patient" transport vehicle?

Chicago Eyes Purchasing Ambulance-Like Bus

FRAN SPIELMAN

Chicago Sun Times

The Chicago Fire Department is moving to purchase its first-ever "critical care response bus" capable of transporting large numbers of patients in the event of a terrorist attack or natural disaster.

FULL STORY: http://www.emsresponder.com/web/online/Top...Bus/1$9357

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Doesnt NYC have the MERV buses.....dont they transport several people at one time.

http://www.fdnytrucks.com/files/html/specialunits/ems.htm first unit down

[helicopper 1,050]

NOW, you can request a BUS!!!!

[NJMedic 96]

The seven counties that make up the DC Council of Governments each has a Medical Ambulance Bus. MEDIC EMS in Charlotte Mecklenburg County recently accepted two of these units. One was on display at EMS Today in Baltimore last month. Minneapolis also received one last year.

Here in NJ we have three on order with the possibility of four more. The are going to be used for evacuations, rehab, oxygen therapy, haz mat dressing and undressing, and I'm sure other things we haven't thought of yet.

They are made by a company called Saratin Services out of North Carolina.

Edited April 19, 2009 by NJMedic

[JScott128 41]

The seven counties that make up the DC Council of Governments each has a Medical Ambulance Bus. MEDIC EMS in Charlotte Mecklenburg County recently accepted two of these units. One was on display at EMS Today in Baltimore last month. Minneapolis also received one last year.

Here in NJ we have three on order with the possibility of four more. The are going to be used for evacuations, rehab, oxygen therapy, haz mat dressing and undressing, and I'm sure other things we haven't thought of yet.

They are made by a company called Saratin Services out of North Carolina.

Who is getting the 3 in NJ?

[NJMedic 96]

Who is getting the 3 in NJ?

Monmouth County is getting one using their county homeland security funding. One is going in the Northern NJ UASI area, no host agency has been selected yet and the third is going somewhere in the Delaware Bay Port Security Area, no host agency named for the region as of yet.

The numbers on the rest of the units all depend on which way the wind is blowing that day.

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FDNY has 5 plus the MRTU "BOB". THey can treat and transport multiple patients but are usually used as a sheltered treatment area at MCI's. In that respect the BOB is much better because it has a more open layout and can handle more patients. The biggest flaw with the system is that the personnel that will be providing treatment on these vehicles come from line units and can just as easily transport the patients in their ambulance. This turns the MERV into an RMA factory.

[billfitz 109]

The NYC UAWG is considering purchasing these types of units in the near future utilizing UASI Homeland Security funds. (NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Yonkers & Port Authority of NY & NJ)