Incident Information Release - Care Ambulance Service, Inc.

Orange County Strike Team Activation

Post Date:10/26/2007 12:21:55 PM
Last Updated:1/5/2008 9:40:23 PM

Posted By: Bob Barry, Public Relations
Contact: Bob Barry at

Location

San Diego County

Request Time

10/22/07 22:40

Units Assigned by Care

Ambulances: 10
Supervisors: 2
Support Units: 0
Disaster Response Units: 0

Participating Agencies

AmeriCare Ambulance Service (1 Strike Team¹)
Care Ambulance Service (2 Strike Teams)
Emergency Ambulance Service / MedCoast Ambulance Service (1 Strike Team)
Lynch Ambulance Service (2 Strike Teams)
Medix Ambulance Service (2 Strike Teams led by Care Supervisor)
PriorityOne Ambulance Service (1 Strike Team)
Doctors Ambulance Service ( 1 Ambulance Deployed to El Toro High School Evac Center)

Narrative

REQUESTED DEPLOYMENT OF 8 TYPE II AMBULANCE STRIKE TEAMS TO SAN DIEGO COUNTY TO ASSIST WITH CARE & TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS EVACUATED FROM HOSPITALS AFFECTED BY LARGE WILDLAND FIRES. STRIKE TEAMS WERE DEPLOYED TO THE DEL MAR FAIRGROUNDS AND AMR BALBOA HQ STAGING AREAS.

After Action Report

THE LAST STRIKE TEAM WAS DEMOBILIZED ON 10/27/07 AT 2000 HRS. TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENT TRANSPORTS DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT WAS 325.

¹ An ambulance strike team is composed of 5 similar type ambulances with a team supervisor deployed as a single resource.