ALS Engines Survey

This is an anonymous survey to collect data to be used in a class research project for EMU Staff and Command Class of 2015. This survey will be used to help determine if ALS engines would be beneficial to Ann Arbor City residents, employees, and others that visit or work in the city.

Ann Arbor City Fire Department is located in lower Michigan and provides fire protection to the University of Michigan.  AAFD is a basic non-transport department who receives ALS transport from a private ambulance company.  AAFD has five fire stations and rides three personnel on a apparatus.

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* 1. Does your department provide ALS transport as well as ALS engines?

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* 2. How many ALS engines does your department have?

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* 3. Why did your department upgrade to ALS engines (you may choose more than one)?

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* 4. Has there been a positive increase of patient outcomes?

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* 5. Has relations between the public and the fire department improved since upgrading to ALS engines?

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* 6. Do you bill for calls that ALS engines respond too?

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* 7. If you answered yes to billing, please explain how much patients are billed.

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* 8. Do firefighters receive a paramedic bonus?

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* 9. If a bonus is offered, how much is the bonus?

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* 10. Please list any negative aspects of ALS engines.

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* 11. Please list any additional information that you feel is important in regards to ALS engines.

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