Warren, Mich. Expands Ambulance Service
保持pace with the needs of a rapidly growing community is one problem faced by fire departments in every section of the country. Often this includes broadening the department’s facilities to provide emergency ambulance service, as well as modern fire protection. The Warren, Mich., Fire Department, under the direction of Commissioner William B. Burr, is meeting this challenge with commendable success. The department has doubled its manpower from 48 to 96 men and increased its engine companies from three to seven in the past 15 months. New training programs for probationary and other personnel, are currently under way.
Ambulance service, Commissioner Burr notes, is recognized as a vital and necessary adjunct. The city’s ambulance service originated in 1954 with a single vehicle and has increased to where it answered 619 calls last year. In addition to other types of emergencies, an ambulance responds on all fires except for rubbish and grass.
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