December 29 2024 update
not much has changed - still there are some very long response times for ALS - just yesterday Cambridge Squad 4, Lexington Medic 2, Medford A1, and Pro units responded into Arlington as ALS - maybe Medford A2 also - the nasic dispatch policy seems to have remained the same - first due units are Arlington Rescue 1 for BLS and Armstrong P15 from Arlington as ALS - 2nd due BLS and ALS are Armstrong - (either using P2 from Woburn, or FS1, or Medford A1, or Medford A2 -all of those are usually ALS units) - 3rd due units are from Cambridge FD or Belmont FD or Lexington FD or Winchester FD or even Burlington FD - but never from Cataldo Ambulance in Somerville
we changed the title of this page to 'AFD 2024' from 'AFD May 2024'
August 20 2024 update - there might be some changes underway
- maybe the Arlington fire vehicles are being equipped with mobile data terminals
- FS1 (Armstrong Field Supervisor 1) has been responding to more calls in Arlington recently
- within the last 2 months, both Medford A1 and Medford A2 have been heard responding to calls in Arlington - this is a first - never before done in the history of mankind / Arlingtonkind
- [need to do more research on the ALS Engines in Lexington and Belmont - Lexington might have 2 of them - Belmont reportedly has one on duty most of the time (per a recent news article) - none of these ALS Engines have ever been heard responding to calls in Arlington - Cambridge ALS Engine 1 came to Arlington once about 2 years ago - they ended up following the ambulance to Lahey Medical Center - hopefully they didnt get lost on the way back home] - Winchester apparently does not have any ALS Engines but they might have an ALS shift commander I suppose
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Arlington Fire Department - May 2024 + June 2024
Lets start off by listing some recent incidents and the response times
18 June 2024 - Wilbur Ave medical call at 100 am - R1 arrived 5 minutes after E3 - possible R1 slept thru the dispatch
17 June 2024 - 2 people at Winslow Towers are very sick - 12 minutes for first ambulance to arrive - 17 minutes for 2nd ambulance to arrive
12 June 2024 - 1230 pm approx - took P19 (responding from Woburn) approx 20 minutes to get to the patient from Sunrise Assisted Living
10 June 2024 - 1211 hours - 26 minutes for Woburn Rescue 2 to respond to Piedmont St
29 May 2024 - 2221 hours - E3 and R1 sent to 12X Mt Vernon St - 2223 hours - E3 and R1 arrive at scene - 2228 hours - P2 responding (from Woburn) - 2237 hours - P2 ETA is 2 minutes - 2238 - cancel ALS - R1 BLS to Boston hospital - (this was a 18 minute response for P2 - and they got cancelled when they arrived at the scene - which makes that entire trip a complete waste of time and energy and noise)
28 May 2024 - Engine wants to cancel ALS responding to 37 Broadway - but no ALS was responding
27 May 2024 - 4 Winslow St - 9th floor - LifeLine activated - Engine 1 investigates and finds no one is home - all units leave the scene - apparently no followup investigation done
26 May 2024 - 2X Mass Ave - critically sick child - Engine 1 and Rescue 1 have already reached the scene before the Armstong medics have even left their HQ
26 May 2024 - 6X Randolph St - 1051 am - Pro P7 took 14 minutes to arrive
25 May 2024 - 5X Melvin St - 234 pm - P14 would have taken 20 minutes to arrive if they had not been cancelled - R1 took the party BLS to the hospital
24 May 2024 - 2X Woodland Rd - 7 pm - took 8 minutes for P15 to respond on special request for pain management for broken shoulder for elderly person who fell
22 May 2024 - 6X Cleveland St - took P15 21 minutes to arrive
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NOTES
https://archive.is/AizzZ - https://x.com/AmbulanceNAS/status/1793334509599183264 - 5/26/2024 - Cork City Ireland has Community EMS Volunteers - they respond to approx 3 calls per day - look like retired cops and firemen mostly - serve 250,000 people
https://archive.is/GQPzk - each year in the USA there are more than 350,000 cardiac arrests outside of hospitals - only 10% are saved - per American Heart Association
7/5/2024 - sites.google.com/site/arlingtonmassachusetts/home/2022/fire-at-54-medford-st-jan-22-2022 - this article talks about the fire at Chestnut Manor in Jan 2022
6/20/2024 - brand new video our of Cincinatti - a mobile stroke unit with a CT on board - youtu.be/y6EdapLQoPQ?si=Qxp6tF2f6-f6Zo2m
6/20/2024 - Stoneham Mass is being served by two Armstrong ambulance 24/7 starting July 1 2024 - web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://jgpr.net/2024/06/17/stoneham-fire-department-announces-armstrong-ambulance-as-new-ambulance-provider/ - Stoneham has a population of 23,000 - Arlington has a population of 50,000 and is served by 1.5 ambulances
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UPDATES
7/5/2024 - info moved around the page a little bit - article added about Jan 2022 fire at Chestnut Manor
7/5/2024 - this page has been archived at archive.is/iSNei and at web.archive.org/web/20240705221232/https://sites.google.com/site/arlingtonmassachusetts/home/2024/afd-may-2024