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Tempe Fire Medical Rescue reports stable ambulance service after three years; program funded equipment and station work
Summary
Interim fire chief Darryl Doody and interim deputy city manager Greg Rees told council the city’s ambulance program, in operation three years after receiving a certificate of necessity, now runs six 24/7 ALS ambulances with strong transport rates, expanded equipment, and a fund that has supported station capital improvements.
Tempe — Interim Fire Chief Darryl Doody and Interim Deputy City Manager Greg Rees updated the City Council Thursday on Tempe’s city-operated ambulance program, reporting three years of full operation, six advanced life-support ambulances staffed around the clock and financial and equipment investments tied to the enterprise fund.
Doody said Tempe Fire Medical Rescue (TFMR) received a Certificate of Necessity from the Arizona Department of Health Services in 2016 in response to private-market instability and began operating with two ambulances in 2017. The service expanded to its current level of six staffed advanced life-support ambulances in 2022 and operates with 39 operational employees — 18 emergency medical technicians and 21…
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