From: Jeff Shultz 

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:15:06 -0500, James Adams wrote:


> Same thing happens in DC.  Note it's not a welfare issue but an income
> issue.  Low income folks  call 911 for routine medical check-ups, i.e.
> need to go to clinic to have sugar or blood preasure checked.  It was
> getting so bad that actual emergencies were having to wait.  Mayor Berry's
> solution?  Send a fire truck when there is no ambulance available.  The
> idea is that since fire fighters all have some first aid training they
> might be able to do something until the EMTs arrive.

Salem, Oregon has paramedic fire trucks - more of them than ambulances,
usually closer.

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