Tag: ambulance service
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Colorado Springs’ proposed city-run ambulance service voted down
The Colorado Springs City Council voted down a new city-run ambulance service Tuesday after months of debate about whether to take over services provided by a private company. The council voted 5-4 not to create an ambulance service that would have been funded through fees for service, not city taxes. The vote leaves the contract…
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Colorado Springs considers city-run ambulance service to replace current provider, AMR
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A dulcet but definitive voice scratches on the loudspeaker, echoing through the multi-bay garage ground floor of Colorado Springs’ oldest, busiest firehouse. “Truck respond, medical assist.” And so the firefighters of Station 1 do. A Colorado Springs Fire Department ambulance, or squad as it’s referred to…
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Colorado Springs considers city-run ambulance service to replace current provider, AMR
The Springs is one one of the few major U.S. metro areas that still contracts with a private company for ambulance services
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Colorado Springs cancels negotiations with new ambulance company
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs leaders abruptly canceled negotiations with a new ambulance company Thursday after the firm’s reliability was called into question. But questions continue to cloud the future of the city’s relationship with its current ambulance provider, American Medical Response. City leaders began negotiating with Knoxville,…