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Advertisement The upgrades would include 65 new ambulances plus new gurneys, cardiac monitors and compression devices. The city also would regain control of some facilities now occupied by American Medical Response. But perhaps more importantly, the contract would allow enforceable penalties for slow response times, which has previously been a problem in some San Diego communities south of state Route 94. “The current contract does not have protections against extremely long response times, which represent significant delay in patient care and transport, with possible adverse outcomes,” S...

San Diego Union-Tribune San Diego's fire chief is urging the City Council to switch ambulance providers in a much-anticipated vote next Tuesday, but two new evaluations clashed on whether the ambulance company's plan to boost service by 20 percent is financially viable. Fire-Rescue Chief Colin Stowell says switching from current provider American Medical Response to Falck would bring long-needed technology and equipment upgrades, while allowing the city to impose stiff penalties for slow emergency response times. Meanwhile, the city's independent budget analyst issued a report this week sayin...

March 16, 2021 | Three people were killed and six others were injured on Monday when a car drove off the road and into a group of people sheltering under a San Diego bridge, officials said. San Diego Fire Chief Colin Stowell said at a news conference that two of those injured were in critical condition at area hospitals Police and fire crews responded to the scene near San Diego City College shortly after 9 a.m. Monday to find “multiple people” dead and injured after being struck by a Volvo station wagon that veered completely onto the sidewalk. Fire Chief Stowell called the incident �...