The Prince George¡¦s County Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Department continually evaluates service delivery against national performance
benchmarks. The Department has identified several opportunities to enhance
staffing utilization and service delivery. As a result, the following
production and deployment changes will enhance service delivery beginning
Sunday, August 6, 2017:
Paramedic Engines
o Station 805 ¡V Paramedic Engine 805 (PE805) will be placed in
service
o Station 836 ¡V Paramedic
Engine 836 (PE836) or Paramedic Engine Tanker 836 (PET836) will be placed in
service
Dedicated Staffing
o Ambulance 834 (A834) will be dedicated
o Engine 834 (E834)/Truck 834
(TK834) will be dedicated with at least three (3) personnel
All Response Medic Unit
o Medic 825 (MD825) will operate as an ¡§All Response Medic Unit¡¨
for a 90-day trial period
Medical Director 800
(MED800)
o The Prince George¡¦s County Jurisdictional Medical Director will
operate an emergency vehicle and may respond on calls
Ambulance 858 (A858) National
Harbor
o An additional operation period on Sunday 1100-2300 hours will be
added to the scheduled deployment
o This increases the unit
production from 36 unit hours per week to 48 unit hours per week
All station personnel are also reminded to dedicate staffing to
EMS units whenever possible to ensure we maximize resources available to meet
the demands on our system. Any questions or concerns about these deployment
changes can be directed to the Emergency Services Command via chain-of-command.
Thank you for your continued service to the community.
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