boston area EMS explained in 3 sentences 1. 911 is the emergency telephone number
2. emergency ambulances are operated by private companies, fire departments, or Boston EMS 3. most police and fire units also operate as 'first responder' units - trained in basic first aid and CPR - boston fire units do not respond to calls involving violence 4. ambulance response times probably average around 8 minutes for high priority calls in the greater boston area - first responders might average 4 minutes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/massfire/CAFXWwKaazf%3Dt0ivPjpwW2QTjqtvEy9duY6duVNDESD%2Bqc7zB4g%40mail.gmail.com.
