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Yuma Fire Department placed on corrective action after narrowly missing ambulance response targets; temporary overtime staffing restores compliance
Summary
Division Chief Daniel Ospino told the Yuma City Council on Feb. 2 that the Arizona Department of Health Services delivered a corrective-action plan after the city’s ambulance transport units missed the response-time fractals on the city’s Certificate of Necessity by 0.9 percent.
Division Chief Daniel Ospino told the Yuma City Council on Feb. 2 that the Arizona Department of Health Services (DHS) delivered a corrective-action plan after the city’s ambulance transport units missed the response-time fractals on the city’s Certificate of Necessity (CON) by 0.9 percent.
“It's kind of important to note that it's a promise to our community,” Ospino told the council, explaining the two timed benchmarks on the CON: a transport unit on scene in 7 minutes or less 90% of the time, and in 11 minutes or less 99% of the time. He said the December CON renewal submission showed the city off those marks by 0.9 percent, prompting DHS to require quarterly reporting and a corrective-action plan.
Chief Dustin Fields and Division Chief Ospino described steps taken since…
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