@ David. Please don't say you're a firefighter and NOT proofread what you are writing about. Until your last paragraph, I thought you were just any other uneducated member of our society.

I too am a firefighter. I get my info about evac salaries from employees FROM evac. A guy I know made 70K last year in regular pay and OT. He's been with evac for 2 years, working as an EMT. He's NOT a medic or a hazmat tech or an FTO. Just an EMT with all the opportunities for OT he wants, and he made $13 an hour to start. More than I make after 6 years.

As for equipment, Volusia County gave evac the money they needed to buy some road units 2 years ago, among endless other giveaways over the years. In John's comment, I think he's talking about a couple of cities in the county that DO have transport units that BY COUNTY LAW are NOT ALLOWED to transport. Of course, they have recently backed off with the request for transport.

I guess having members on the council, that also happen to be members of evac's e-board kinda helps, huh?

I know that I and MANY coworkers have waited for an evac unit for more than 30 minutes on numerous occasions for ALS patients. It shouldn't happen.

Now Dave? How long have you worked for evac and the fire service?