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Our Coverage Area
Six
Forks
EMS
covers approximately 110 sq. miles of Northwest Raleigh. We are called to
service via a Computer Aided Dispatch system originating from the
Raleigh-Wake
Emergency Communications Center . Every ambulance in Wake County is
dispatched via this system which allows
us to collectively provide
seamless coverage to the entire county. As part of the Wake County
Public Safety team Six Forks EMS is currently integrating computerized
GPS systems into our fleet of vehicles. This will allow the Computer
Aided Dispatch system to assign calls based on actual ambulance
proximity rather than ambulance station location.
We operate 24
hours per
day,
365 days per year with four ambulances during weekday daylight
hours and two
ambulances
during nights
and weekends. We
handled over 5,100
"911"
dispatched calls for calendar year 2007.
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Personnel
All
trucks are staffed by two State and
County Certified
Paramedics or one State and County Certified Paramedic and a
State certified EMT-I or
EMT-B. With the
highest level of
training required for Wake County Paramedics, and the latest in medical
care technology, we provide unsurpassed advanced life support care.
Six Forks employs 12 full time paid Paramedics and EMT's, 40
part time Paramedics and EMT's and over 40 volunteer EMT's.
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Emergency Vehicles
We own and operate seven
Ford E-450 SuperDuty / Wheeled Coach and McCoy Miller ambulances, model
years 2003 - 2007 and two Dodge Ram 1500
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- Medical Equipment
Included in the EMS equipment list is
the
new state of the art Medtronic LifePak 12 Portable Biphasic Defibrilators with pacing,
synchronized cardioversion, end ti dal CO2, 12-lead diagnostic EKG,
pulse oximetry and blood pressure.  (but
you can't watch movies on it) Endotrachael Intubation Kits w/ adult and pediatric
set ups. Magill forceps, King Airways, Quick-Trake, Oxygen, portable and truck mounted.
Bag Valve Masks, Non- Rebreathers, nasal cannulas, mask and hand held nebulizers,
CPAP, OPA's, NPA's. Blood glucose.
Ferno 35-P Stretcher, backboards, adult and pediatric immobilization
equipment, scoop stretcher, stair chair, Kendrick Extracation Device. IV and
EZ-I/O Intra Osseus access equipment. Morgan Lens, Trauma Supplies include.
femur traction splints, arm and leg splints, bandages, kling wrap,
CAT tourniquet
 Our
New PortO2Vent Oxygen Delivery System delivers CPAP with intuitive
operator adjustable levels while reducing O2 consumption.
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