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Ambulance Response Protocol

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_____________ __________ - The system utilized by the Phoenix Fire Dispatch Center to categorize EMS as nature codes
Priority Dispatch
CFD will strive for the attainment of greater than _____ ambulance (rescue) utilization rate.
90%
The WHO will be used to determine the nature code of an incident and dispatch the appropriate piece of apparatus?
Phoenix Fire Dispatch Center
_____________ ___________ are responsible for requesting and canceling ambulances (rescues), when appropriate.
Company Officers
Anytime that the number of dedicated ambulances available for emergency calls in the City drops below _______-_________ of the total dedicated ambulances for the City, the ambulance company shall immediately move ____-____________ ambulances into the areas of the City that lack ambulance coverage
one-third (1/3)

non-dedicated
At any time that _______ adjacent zones are left without ambulance coverage, a dedicated or non-dedicated ambulance shall be moved-up into a mid-point location between these zones until coverage returns
two (2)
Ambulances with CFD employees shall move-up WHERE unless directed to another location by the on-duty Battalion Chief
into fire stations
Zones - the City will be divided into North and South Zones with ______ __________ as the dividing line
Frye Road
North Zone of Chandler includes which Medic units
M282 & M289
South Zone of Chandler includes which medics?
M281, M285, and M2810
Move up levels:
__________ ___ - At least one (1) dedicated unit in the North Zone and at least one (1) dedicated unit in the South Zone with a total minimum of three (3) dedicated units between both zones
Level 3
Move Up levels:
________ ___ - One (1) dedicated unit in the North Zone and one (1) dedicated unit in the South Zone. The ambulance company should alert a back-up non-dedicated unit of "Level 2" status and move the non-dedicated unit to _________.
Level 2

CRH
Move up levels:
__________- One (1) dedicated unit available in the City. The ambulance company will post a non-dedicated unit in the area of the City that is deficient.
Level 1
North posting locations for level 1 and level 0 Move-ups:
1- North Posting
2-South Posting
1- Station 3
2-station 5
_____________ - No dedicated units available in the City. The ambulance company should post non-dedicated units in both zones and continue to move back-up, non-dedicated units in the appropriate zones until dedicated units return.
Level 0
The following nature codes should receive an ambulance at time of dispatch and should respond Code 3:
All Structure fire assignments
Childbirth, Child Code and Infant Code
All drowning types
1st Alarm or greater medical responses
The need for an ambulance should be determined by the arriving _____________ _____________
Company Officer
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