What If We’re Wrong About Response Times?
Anyone who follows my posts here, or on Twitter, will recognize that I consistently argue for the value of prompt responses by emergency vehicles to nearly all incidents. However, this post will be...
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Still Solving Problems in Lexington
An awful lot can happen in five years. I know that my own understanding of EMS deployment has deepened a great deal in that time. It was that long ago that I wrote a post about The Cost of Saving...
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The Fallacy of the “First Due” Area
The following is a preview of a book coming soon from Bradshaw Consulting Services to be titled "Closest Vehicle Dispatch: A Primer for Fire" which is a follow-up to "Dynamic Deployment: A Primer for...
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Toward a Better Understanding of Dynamic Deployment
I recently had two articles published by EMS1 as a couple of “mythbusting primers” on the topic of dynamic deployment. The articles were Dynamic deployment: 5 persistent myths busted and Dynamic...
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Lights and Sirens and Safety
The use of lights and sirens is supposed to clear traffic by warning drivers or pedestrians that a public safety vehicle is approaching in emergency mode. The expectation is that the use of warning...
View ArticleWhat ‘Level Zero’ Really Means in EMS
“Rampart, Medic 13 with an incoming patient report.” “Go ahead, 13.” “I have a patient with a pulse of 120. ETA less than 10 minutes. Over.” Well, this sort of report certainly leaves something to be...
View ArticleDynamic Risk for Intelligent Fire Move-Ups
Planning for the placement and staffing of fire apparatus, either in a fixed location or for a temporary move-up position, involves the comparative evaluation of community risk for each alternative....
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What Starman is Saying About the Future of EMS
We have seen the last photo to be transmitted directly from the cherry red Tesla Roadster belonging to the electric car manufacturing CEO, Elon Musk, that is being driven through space by a dummy named...
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tl;dr but commenting anyway
I’ll try to be brief. As an EMS blogger, I have always believed in the potential that social media possesses to change the dynamics of how we interact and grow professionally. The promise of the...
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See What Others Can’t
Ever since I was a kid, I wanted a superpower of some kind. Little did I know that one day my wish would actually come true. For anyone who is a serious user of Geographic Information Systems (GIS),...
View ArticleExamining the 2020 Vision of EMS
The NHTSA Office of EMS released a significant document last year called the EMS Agenda 2050 that was carefully crafted to set a bold vision for the next 30 years of paramedicine by clearly...
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Where Do We Go Next?
To know where our increasingly limited emergency resources will be needed next, we need to understand where future requests for service will originate. If we knew exactly where the next call would come...
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Improving EMS Deployment Performance
I work regularly with agencies that are looking to improve aspects of their operations. Some casual readers may be surprised to know that the focus of those discussions is not always about cutting...
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