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New CD4 chief and EMS updates: ambulances, academies and operational gains for community paramedicine
Summary
Deputy Chief Sandra Tong, newly assigned to CD4, presented updates on EMS staffing, three new ambulances (first of 14), academy graduations, and early results from community paramedicine including the first 51.50 holds and reduced 'unable to locate' incidents after dispatch changes.
Deputy Chief Sandra Tong, in her first presentation as the department's CD4, outlined recent EMS and community paramedicine developments, including personnel changes, new ambulances, training progress and operational metrics.
Tong noted that the department expects roughly 25 graduates from the current hybrid paramedic/EMT academy and that 14 EMTs were recently elevated to paramedic status. She highlighted three newly delivered type-1 ambulances — the first of 14 — and said the vehicles are intended to improve durability and crew comfort while the department refines…
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