Maybe ONE of the first, but LA county WAS the first.

@@mr.wilson8340 Los Angeles City and County, Seattle and Miami-Dade and the Maryland State Police Aviation Unit were the first paramedic programs around the country. The Maryland State Police Aviation Unit was formed by a grant for a Bell Jet Ranger for police and medical use; the medical use was it's priority along with Baltimore Shock Trauma director Dr. R. Adams Cowley who created the golden hour. Jack Webb asked the Los Angeles City government to create a show about their paramedic program and he was turned down. The late Jim Page invited producer Robert Cinader for a ride along with the Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic program and the rest is history. It's the worst mistake the City ( not County) of Los Angeles ever made.

"Engine 10, to the King Dome. Engine 10 to the King Dome. Respond with Ladder 1." The Kenworth apparatus were the SHIT.

Exactly! Either the WHOLE house is responding and it’s empty or it’s not. Not a hard concept

Why

@@samnj9445 because there slow

@@thomaspope6872 you know they are still getting ready to leave even on e they’re in the trucks

Maybe the ladder was told to respond code code 1 or 2?

Ladder does

Listen again. I hear two sirens.

lmao ikr

This is what I find interesting, in England you would get a double crewed ambulance and maybe a fast response car with an advanced paramedic if it was assessed as immediately life threatening, if you were in a rural area and it's immediately life threatening then theres a possibility that you might get helimed with critical care paramedics or a trauma doctor

Staff cars carry additional staff to supplement crews on engines, they transport supervisors, they carry extra supplies, etc.

@@seikibrian8641 no its 1 person whos a captain and is in charge of the coordination of the personnel and providing advisory.

@@seattlearearesponses My three-year-old comment wasn't about Seattle Fire Department Staff 10 specifically, it was about staff cars generally.

"Get with the program"? Seattle CREATED the program that is followed by many fire departments around the country. There are two main types of EMS units here: Aid Cars that are manned by EMTs, and Medic Units that are manned by paramedics. They have distinctive radio call signs, such as "Aid 10" or "Medic 7," and the equipment and supplies vary between the two types. Laugh all you want, but Seattle's Medic One program is the envy of many.

@@seikibrian8641 sure they did...it started in LACounty then San Francisco. While I know Seattle is a great department, as I’ve seen their work first hand. I just think I’d funny while all other departments use the term EMS, Seattle still does not want to use it .

@@Shuttletrain "it started in LACounty" LA County's paramedic program began with their "Rescue Squad" units, and they couldn't transport patients but had to call ambulances to transport. Seattle's paramedic program was transport-capable from the beginning.