I was watching a violent action movie called Copshop the other night when I saw two things I had never seen before on television. 1. Paramedics rushed into the police station to treat an injured officer and the villain, sitting behind the front desk, shot them both dead. Bang Bang. Just like that. I can’t…
Month: February 2026
Ambulance Wars
When I started in EMS in 1989, I worked for a small mom and pop ambulance company in Springfield, Massachusetts called Eastern Ambulance. We provided 911 coverage for the towns of Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham and backup coverage for Springfield, which was covered by a company called BayState which later became Commonwealth, and eventually American…