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Originally Posted by allsport
Firefighters work for the county, ambulances are contracted out and that is the problem.
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The ambulance companies are reimbursed by health insurance, but the Fire Department is funded by taxes. About 58 percent of firefighter calls are for medical emergencies. So, apparently, if a fire truck and an ambulance both respond to a call, the ambulance company will file an insurance claim, but the Fire Department will not. This sounds like redundancy, but maybe it is worth the cost to have firefighters and an ambulance respond to medical emergencies.