> -> has all ALS units.  Maybe the people running your paid services
> need -> to reconsider their chosen profession.  If I starte would
> place a -> high priority on AED's, Semi-AEDs, or manual defibs.
> -> I don't know. Maybe I'm not well rooted in the reality of the
> -> situation, but it does seem that if the volunteers can scrape up
> the
> -> equipment, the paid services should at least match them.
> 
> And yet, the paid services have been going around telling the towns
> that
> they can & will provide the same service that we provide for free.
 
Yup!  And in our case, its MONOC - the people that currently handle all 
the ALS calls (the paramedics).  So, it's probable that they are capable 
of providing MORE than the squads because of the ALS staff, equip, and 
training.
 
[ Dave ]
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