City Moving Ahead On Single Ambulance Provider For Everett

Decades ago Baker Ambulance was the single ambulance provider for basic medical calls within the Everett city limits. At some point that changed and the city opened up transport opportunities to multiple ambulance companies.

Currently four different ambulance companies serve Everett on a rotating basis. That has led to issues where even though an ambulance may be parked next to an incident, that ambulance company isn’t at the top of the rotation so a person had to wait for an ambulance to come all across town or even south of the city.

There have also been times that even with four companies serving Everett, there were no ambulances available as they were all tied up in other jurisdictions. That has led to waits of as long as 45 minutes for an ambulance.

Back in December of last year the Everett Fire Department brought forth a request for proposals for a single ambulance provider to the city council for consideration. Tim Key, with the Everett Fire Department, provided the rationale for a single provider to MyEverettNews.com.

In December the city council declined the request and sent it back to the public safety committee for further review. On March 2nd the fire department presented changes to the request for proposals including how to evaluate which company to go with and termination wording if the city decides to change the way it provides transports for basic life support.

The city council is expected to approve the Request For Proposal at its meeting this Wednesday night. You can see the entire revised proposal here.