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Comprehensive Assessment of Emergency Medical Services 94 <br />and 911 /Communications Center Operations Study <br />2.5 RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Issue: Availability of Ambulances <br />Recommendations: <br />R -1. OCEMS should adjust Medic 5 and Medic 8 coverage hours. <br />As an initial but immediate response to improve ambulance availability, adjust the assigned hours of <br />available ambulances to more heavily load the prime time block of hours from 9:00 am -9:00 pm when <br />many of the "move -ups" occur. Specifically: <br />• Move Medic 5 from 6:00 am -6:00 pm to 9:00 am -9:00 pm <br />• Move Medic 8 from 6:00 pm -6:00 am to 12:00 noon -12:00 midnight <br />The blue bars in Figure 27 represent the eight (8) Medic Units and their currently assigned shift hours. <br />Figure 27 <br />Current nanlnvmant of Amhulanras <br />The red bars in Figure 28 represent the coverage of the eight Medic Units once the changes to Medic 5 <br />and * have been made. <br />Figure 28 <br />Recommended Deployment of Ambulances <br />Solutions for Local Government, Inc. 50 <br />