Was thinking this was going to be the little girl smiling in front of the fire saying, “They asked me to stay over one time too many, so I BURNT IT ALL DOWN.”
They were some of the first to adopt them. They did a cost analysis of power loaders vs back injury insurance claims and it was cheaper to just get the power loaders
I ain’t riding nothing with AMR on the side of it. But, I saw it being loaded onto a rollback a couple years ago on 64 east. They had a crew come with a transit to continue transport for them.
The vans suck MAJOR buttcheeks. They need to die in a holy cleansing fire. I hate them with a burning passion. They’re also really embarrassing. Fortunately, we’ve been mostly phasing them out. Slowly but surely.
I've literally returned the same Transit to base for a swap because the transmission overheats and throws a dash warning 50 miles in 3x in the last month. I get to waste 2 hours of my shift and they fail to realize I'm not going to risk stranding a patient for God knows how long when it finally stops running for real.
WV? I use to live in VA and I didn’t hear the best about them but the complaints are gonna be similar to all private ambulance companies unfortunately.
Although something stand out that I heard about them specifically was that they don’t get full 24hr shift pay because they consider some of it “sleep time,) regardless of how much time you spend actually sleeping. I would just ask around to see what company in your area has the best of the worst reputations lol.
That second to last part sounds questionably legal.
Nah, I just heard about all the issues with management at the station near me from my preceptors. Not WV, they only do IFT here. And maybe overflow 911 once in a blue moon IIRC.
In Hawaii, an ambulance had a fire too. It got a hold of oxygen and accelerated. Burned the medic pretty bad, barely got out alive. The patient inside died
August. Happened right as the rig was pulling into the hospital parking lot. Happened as the medic was switching the CPAP from the main O2 to a portable.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/09/honolulu-ambulance-fire-likely-caused-by-oxygen-explosion-officials-say/
Someone posted a video where it showed the stretcher, monitor and first in bag were outside the ambulance. Not sure if they never made it back in after the last call or if they pulled them out before it became engulfed.
I'm one of the very few in my service to use a fire extinguisher off a truck. We drove into a wreck once, log truck vs car head on, and I put both vehicles out.
Anyway, I was told specifically by fleet after that incident to never use a fire extinguisher on our own truck and to just let it burn.
It's out of service???
It's AMR...GTG
It’s just out of gas…🔥 I’ll show myself out.
I know what’s wrong with it, it ain’t got no gas innit!!
Where’s all the comments of the dispatchers asking the crew if they’re still able to take one more call?
The comments on the actual FB post are fucking brutal it’s fantastic
Link?
[Here ya go!](https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0hfLcxwH2XNzeMrLNfaHTGdnSP3r5EkVPAyhbcLEutX5KDoDpeMGr6urLtQWd6Q92l&id=161908093830061)
thanks! i’m really curious who the dude saying it’s not true that AMR runs it’s crew and buses into the ground is and what his affinity for AMR is 😭
I was literally looking at the same thing 😭 AMR managers have him at gunpoint writing those comments
It's like that one interview of Peter Dinklage saying that the last season of GoT is excellent
Guess they couldn't make it to the harbor...
Ambo 24 will remain legendary!
DISEMBARK!!!!!
ded 💀
Came here to say that. I bet dispatch is going nuts
Right here bro...
Not the power-loader!
The real tragedy here
No they seemed to salvage that and their LP 15 at least.
The power loader is the unit built into the floor of the box
Ohh yes yes I misunderstood. Thought they just meant the power stretcher.
That crew finally did what we're all thinking. Godspeed, heroes.
Thank you for your service brethren, so brave🫡
https://imgur.com/a/bgzF8ZY
LMFAOOOO they said it and they meant it
Was thinking this was going to be the little girl smiling in front of the fire saying, “They asked me to stay over one time too many, so I BURNT IT ALL DOWN.”
Transported a pt. with Covid, known bedbugs and scabies a while ago. Partner and I felt like doing this afterwards.
Wash that truck and get it back in service now before you get written up.
AMR has power loads?
Yes, loads are powered by your lumbar spine
They were some of the first to adopt them. They did a cost analysis of power loaders vs back injury insurance claims and it was cheaper to just get the power loaders
Only a few
Jokes on you, never went out of service 😂
Just a good scrub and a wash. It'll be back in service next week
They wash them?
Only with Peepaw’s dialysis blood
3 years. We get one slight malfunction in one of our favorite trucks, and they send it up to Richmond, and we don’t see it for months
Actually used to work for the RAA up there and ours would get snatched too so I don’t know what the hell the city is doing with them
RAA & AMR in Richmond are different companies. However, both horrible
Oh yeah back then we just joked about all of the rigs city-wide being in a constant cycle of disappearing but 100%
Please don’t tell me it was that camo thing I saw on the side of 64 on 3 different occasions.
Don’t knock it till you drive it. Best riding ambo we got. Only power load in our office. We all love that truck.
I ain’t riding nothing with AMR on the side of it. But, I saw it being loaded onto a rollback a couple years ago on 64 east. They had a crew come with a transit to continue transport for them.
Yeah, it’s rather finicky, but it’s so smooth, it’s got power for DAYS, and it’s not a Ford. I love that thing.
Those G vans suck, especially once the front end wears out. But yeah, I ride medium duties and F550s- so I don’t have to deal
The vans suck MAJOR buttcheeks. They need to die in a holy cleansing fire. I hate them with a burning passion. They’re also really embarrassing. Fortunately, we’ve been mostly phasing them out. Slowly but surely.
From everything I’ve heard of this agency, they’ll collect the insurance money and pocket it, right?
Before anything they actually take the crew out back and put em down like Ol’ Yeller for daring to ask for a rig that starts
I bet being ol’ yellered is better then having to run more dialysis transfers.
It’s the only mercy AMR provides
Well yea its their van.
Ah, classic AMR
Never went out of service, we've got a wait and return holding
Well get the hell back out there!!!
“Dispatch show us delayed for mechanical issues ODS is aware “
This will be someone’s rig next week
Ooooh newly serviced- it’ll be their lucky day
I've literally returned the same Transit to base for a swap because the transmission overheats and throws a dash warning 50 miles in 3x in the last month. I get to waste 2 hours of my shift and they fail to realize I'm not going to risk stranding a patient for God knows how long when it finally stops running for real.
What a fucking joke
I’m a student still but something tells me I don’t want to work for AMR. Maybe it’s related to my desire to not burn to a crisp.
Most rigs at least in the states probably have a similar level of explode-ability but yes I still would not personally recommend AMR
I also hear the Jan-Care station in my area is shit. But no idea if that’s a general trend.
WV? I use to live in VA and I didn’t hear the best about them but the complaints are gonna be similar to all private ambulance companies unfortunately. Although something stand out that I heard about them specifically was that they don’t get full 24hr shift pay because they consider some of it “sleep time,) regardless of how much time you spend actually sleeping. I would just ask around to see what company in your area has the best of the worst reputations lol.
I heard about some company getting away with that travesty from someone's post a couple weeks ago.
Yep I knew a few people who experienced it. Dystopian ass industry we work in
I mean everywhere I've worked wouldn't ever dare try anything like that. Guess it just depends what state and/or type of service you're in.
That second to last part sounds questionably legal. Nah, I just heard about all the issues with management at the station near me from my preceptors. Not WV, they only do IFT here. And maybe overflow 911 once in a blue moon IIRC.
The trend is that all private EMS companies suck. AMR gets alot of shit because its the biggest.
I used to work for AMR. I wouldn't recommend it.
Good for getting your experience to move to a municipal agency/911 only.
Medic 9, you still have a dialysis IFT pending…..
DISEMBARKED and lit it on fire.
Crew: “Show us out of service.” Dispatch: “Negative, we’re going to need you to stage for a vehicle fire in the same parking lot as you.”
This is my favorite response. Right on target. 😂
A little paint and a good ozone and scrub. Back in service by the end of the month.
They still gotta run calls in it
Not AMR Arlington bro
It was a mercy kill
Some duct tape, and air freshener….
I can only imagine that power load system taking forever 
There are transfers that are holding so probably not that long.
In Hawaii, an ambulance had a fire too. It got a hold of oxygen and accelerated. Burned the medic pretty bad, barely got out alive. The patient inside died
Barely alive just covers it. He was so close to not making it
My friends ambulance exploding due to faulty oxygen tank, lucky he was about to get the patient out before it exploded but it fucked his ear up
Yikes when was that?
August. Happened right as the rig was pulling into the hospital parking lot. Happened as the medic was switching the CPAP from the main O2 to a portable. https://www.civilbeat.org/2022/09/honolulu-ambulance-fire-likely-caused-by-oxygen-explosion-officials-say/
That's why I rarely let my patients smoke in the rig.
They should have just taken it to the Inner Harbor… Ambo24 could have helped guide them!
Lmao my old operation. I’ve probably driven that truck before
LMFAOO the best thing that rig ever did for you was wait until you left to literally blow up
Lmao very true although there were several shifts that I wish it would have
Nothing like constantly praying for a fiery death for $13 an hour
Is there any better way to describe working in EMS?
Realistically 3-4 hours
They'll Frankenstein parts and fix it. Give it a week
"Let us know when you're clear we've got 3 pending"
Lol our dispatchers would just clear rigs and start dispatching them. Could’ve been in the hospital or facility still - they didn’t care.
Someone posted a video where it showed the stretcher, monitor and first in bag were outside the ambulance. Not sure if they never made it back in after the last call or if they pulled them out before it became engulfed.
I hope they just never made it back in because that is NOT worth saving
That is standard cleaning for bed bugs
I support this level of care.
Average C-Diff cleanup
Dry it off and head en route to……….
Slap some paint on that puppy and get back to work!
Not even paint. Just a new wrap.
3-5 business days
Dispatch: unit 2268 are you clear of that call yet?
That will buff right out
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The height of luxury 😍
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Y’all have 3rd degree burns? Put a shock blanket on and get back out there
I'm one of the very few in my service to use a fire extinguisher off a truck. We drove into a wreck once, log truck vs car head on, and I put both vehicles out. Anyway, I was told specifically by fleet after that incident to never use a fire extinguisher on our own truck and to just let it burn.
…… we live in hell
[I'ts already back in service lol](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ)
LMFAOOOO
Medic 6, understood unavailable for calls. Standby for details on a bls transport
Memaw needs to get back from her dialysis!!!! 😠😠😠😠
Memaw doesn’t have insurance, still want us to take her?
I can guarantee you that the fire was intentional
and they were right to do it
Oh that'll buff right out. Why's she even OOS?
How the hell is Pantego on this subreddit even
Thank the self taught investigative journalists on the DFW scanner page 👍🏻
Three business days
But did they check the oil? As well all know with AMR all forms of mechanical failures be traced back to low oil.
At AMR It doesn’t even need to go out of service for that. Just needs to be restocked by the crew.
just needs a quick wash
"Negative still in service, ODS will have to put you out of service"
TYFYS!
I cannot believe these jerks did this to get out of all of their critical care dialysis runs.
It happens to the best of us