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Los Angeles Fire
Department
c o n t i n u e d FIRE EQUIPMENT UPGRADES
Funding is provided for the upgrades
of vehicles and equipment, including
ambulances and the purchase of a
RADIO SYSTEM UPGRADE helicopter.
Funding is provided to upgrade the
Department’s radio system and ADVANCED PROVIDER
replace all of the dispatch consoles RESPONSE UNIT (APRU)
at the primary and backup dispatch Continued funding is provided for the
centers to ensure full functionality APRU to respond to non-urgent, low
during emergencies. acuity level call requests and provides
intervention services to 911 “super
OIL WELL INSPECTION UNIT user” patients. Advanced Providers
can perform comprehensive on-site
Funding is continued for the staffing assessments and provide treatment
of the Department’s Oil Well without transport, thus reducing the
Inspection Unit. This unit performs number of EMS responses by
annual inspection of oil wells and ambulances and fire companies to
witnesses the plugging and capping EMS incidents and emergency room
of those wells under abandonment. visits.
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