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Emergency Medical Services

By Ordinance the BoCC is the sole provider of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transport throughout Alachua County, unincorporated and incorporated areas.  The Department operates twelve ALS rescue units (ambulance)  that responded to 34,506 incidents in FY 2010.  This represents nearly 2,900 responses per rescue unit per year. 

The 12 rescue units  are strategically located throughout Alachua County to ensure appropriate emergency response. Units are co-located in five county fire stations and one City of Gainesville fire station, four stand alone rescue  stations, one unit is operated out of an apartment complex.  Based on the formula developed in the adopted Master Plan (Pages 201-202), a 13th Rescue should be implemented in FY 11/12.

 

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