Chicgo Fire Dept. (2014 Updates)
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FFPM571
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north.
Per a new Memorandum of Agreement signed 7-23-14, this will take place "no later" than Oct. 1, 2014. Manning is the reason...we do not have enough single-role paramedics to staff the 60 ALS ambulances now.
FFPM571
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A friend of mine just got his FPM Academy start date of August 1. Yesterday. Nice notice. He cant even give his old department 2 weeks notice. Sounds like a quick 6 week academy and 2 weeks field training and released out to the wild is what he is hearing
CFD EMS Changes
All CFD BLS Ambulances will be converted to ALS ambulances. Here's the current "conversion" schedule and renumbering of the ambulances:
A. On Monday, September 22, 2014 Ambulance 93 will be placed out of service (OOS)
and is reorganized as Ambulance 74.Effective 0800 hours on September 22, 2014, Ambulance 74 will be relocated from Engine 42’s quarters, 55 West Illinois Street to Engine 13’s quarters, 259 N. Columbus. Ambulance74 will be administratively assigned to Emergency Medical Service (EMS) District 1, Field
Division North.
B. On Monday, September 22, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 83 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 64
2. Ambulance 86 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 67
C. On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 82 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 63
2. Ambulance 84 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 65
3. Ambulance 85 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 66
D. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 89 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 70
2. Ambulance 90 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 71
3. Ambulance 91 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 72
E. On Thursday, September 25, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 80 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 61
2. Ambulance 81 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 62
3. Ambulance 87 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 68
F. On Friday, September 26, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS, reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 88 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 69
2. Ambulance 92 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 73
3. Ambulance 94 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 75
All CFD BLS Ambulances will be converted to ALS ambulances. Here's the current "conversion" schedule and renumbering of the ambulances:
A. On Monday, September 22, 2014 Ambulance 93 will be placed out of service (OOS)
and is reorganized as Ambulance 74.Effective 0800 hours on September 22, 2014, Ambulance 74 will be relocated from Engine 42’s quarters, 55 West Illinois Street to Engine 13’s quarters, 259 N. Columbus. Ambulance74 will be administratively assigned to Emergency Medical Service (EMS) District 1, Field
Division North.
B. On Monday, September 22, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 83 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 64
2. Ambulance 86 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 67
C. On Tuesday, September 23, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 82 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 63
2. Ambulance 84 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 65
3. Ambulance 85 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 66
D. On Wednesday, September 24, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 89 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 70
2. Ambulance 90 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 71
3. Ambulance 91 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 72
E. On Thursday, September 25, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS,
reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 80 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 61
2. Ambulance 81 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 62
3. Ambulance 87 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 68
F. On Friday, September 26, 2014 the following ambulances will be placed OOS, reorganized, and will and remain in their current quarters:
1. Ambulance 88 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 69
2. Ambulance 92 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 73
3. Ambulance 94 OOS and reorganized into Ambulance 75
AMB 61 was Amb 80 3801 N Damen
AMB 62 was Amb 81 1901 N Damen
AMB 63 was Amb 82 5258 W Grand
AMB 64 was Amb 83 412 N Kedzie
AMB 65 was Amb 84 1360 S Blue Island
AMB 66 was Amb 85 212 W Cermak
AMB 67 was Amb 86 3042 S Kedvale
AMB 68 was Amb 87 4401 S Ashland
AMB 69 was Amb 88 3002 W 42nd St
AMB 70 was Amb 89 1440 E 67th St
AMB 71 was Amb 90 10458 S Hoxie
AMB 72 was Amb 91 11035 S Homewood
AMB 73 was Amb 92 6242 N Lehigh
AMB 74 was Amb 93 259 N Columbus
AMB 75 was Amb 94 2236 W 69th St
AMB 62 was Amb 81 1901 N Damen
AMB 63 was Amb 82 5258 W Grand
AMB 64 was Amb 83 412 N Kedzie
AMB 65 was Amb 84 1360 S Blue Island
AMB 66 was Amb 85 212 W Cermak
AMB 67 was Amb 86 3042 S Kedvale
AMB 68 was Amb 87 4401 S Ashland
AMB 69 was Amb 88 3002 W 42nd St
AMB 70 was Amb 89 1440 E 67th St
AMB 71 was Amb 90 10458 S Hoxie
AMB 72 was Amb 91 11035 S Homewood
AMB 73 was Amb 92 6242 N Lehigh
AMB 74 was Amb 93 259 N Columbus
AMB 75 was Amb 94 2236 W 69th St
cortchubby
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hmmm
Why the changes? Shifting ALS AMB around to other areas due to volume/response times?
Why the changes? Shifting ALS AMB around to other areas due to volume/response times?
Eliminating the BLS ambulances and making them all ALS.
FireBuffChgo23
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Where are they going to fit an Ambo. in E13's house, that house is already overflowing
FireBuffChgo23
Member
A good idea would be to move Amb.75 (94) to E88, spread it out a little, any unit responding anywhere near E88 is making a long run
FireBuffChgo23
Member
Not sure why we are so against the BLS program, NY, LA & Philly seem to have done it successfully.
They'll move other non-essential equipment out, but they'll find room. Takes effect today.
Makes sense, but my understanding is the alderman made a stink and since their's a high demand for ALS service in the neighborhood they kept it for now. However, that ambulance will be traveling anyway, so it will be used west.
The EMS Hospital consortium has asked CFD to make some changes in the way this program runs and were met with resistance. Medicare and Medicaid have not been making payments because they deemed BLS runs to be "non-emergent" and CFD isn't receiving reimbursement from those that use it. To name a couple reasons...
Mikepepd
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Thanks for the updates. VERY interesting the last post on Medicare / Medicaid. Due to the new laws, insurance industry for health is undergoing changes. And the alderman getting involved....We're from the government and we're here to help you!
Mike
Mike
Office of Fire Investigations (O.F.I.) Changes
RELOCATION OF OFFICE OF FIRE INVESTIGATION
(OFI) RESPONSE UNITS
A. Designates the relocation of OFI response units.
B. Becomes effective on September 29, 2014 at 0800 hours.
Effective September 29, 2014, at 0800 hours, OFI will have a North, South and Central
response office. The North office will be located at Engine 22’s quarters, 605 W. Armitage
Ave., the South office will be located at Engine 63’s quarters, 1440 E. 67th St. and the
Central office and OFI headquarters will be located at Engine 38’s quarters, 3949 W. 16th St.
4-6-0 Deputy District Chief: Commanding Fire Marshal
4-6-1 Commander: Assistant Commanding Fire Marshal
4-6-2 Major Case Unit Coordinator, Supervising Fire Marshal
4-6-3 OFI Training Coordinator, Fire Marshal
4-6-4 Juvenile Intervention Coordinator, Administrative Fire Marshal
4-6-5 Digital Image Specialist and Photo Library Coordinator, Fire Marshal
4-6-6 Supervisor Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 38)
4-6-7 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 38)
4-6-8 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 63)
4-6-9 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 22)
4-6-10 Major Incident Response Unit (MIRU) – 24 Hours
4-6-11 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
4-6-12 Chicago Police Department Responding Unit
4-6-19 State Fire Marshal Canine Unit
Response boundaries for the aforementioned units will be released at a later date.
RELOCATION OF OFFICE OF FIRE INVESTIGATION
(OFI) RESPONSE UNITS
A. Designates the relocation of OFI response units.
B. Becomes effective on September 29, 2014 at 0800 hours.
Effective September 29, 2014, at 0800 hours, OFI will have a North, South and Central
response office. The North office will be located at Engine 22’s quarters, 605 W. Armitage
Ave., the South office will be located at Engine 63’s quarters, 1440 E. 67th St. and the
Central office and OFI headquarters will be located at Engine 38’s quarters, 3949 W. 16th St.
4-6-0 Deputy District Chief: Commanding Fire Marshal
4-6-1 Commander: Assistant Commanding Fire Marshal
4-6-2 Major Case Unit Coordinator, Supervising Fire Marshal
4-6-3 OFI Training Coordinator, Fire Marshal
4-6-4 Juvenile Intervention Coordinator, Administrative Fire Marshal
4-6-5 Digital Image Specialist and Photo Library Coordinator, Fire Marshal
4-6-6 Supervisor Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 38)
4-6-7 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 38)
4-6-8 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 63)
4-6-9 Fire Marshal – 24 Hours (Engine 22)
4-6-10 Major Incident Response Unit (MIRU) – 24 Hours
4-6-11 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
4-6-12 Chicago Police Department Responding Unit
4-6-19 State Fire Marshal Canine Unit
Response boundaries for the aforementioned units will be released at a later date.
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