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| Los Santos Emergency Medical Services & Fire Department | ||
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| Status | Active | |
| Type | EMS & Fire | |
Background
The Los Santos Fire & Emergency Medical Services provide firefighting and medical aid throughout Los Santos and its surrounding territories. We are responsible for approximately 4 million people who live in the services 471-square-mile jurisdiction. We are proud to protect these lives with our dedicated and well-trained crews to respond to emergencies of all types - big and small. We remain on duty at all times to protect our community.
Our Primary Base of Operation is Pillbox Hill and Davis Fire Station in South Los Santos division.
Chain of Command
All members of Fire & EMS respect the chain of command and employees are expected to address issues to supervisors and management. All employees are expected to be able to recognise superior rankings, address superiors by proper rank and title, and show respect for orders.
Our Department is split into 4 Groups/Ranks;
- Management/ High Command (Fire & EMS)
- Supervisors (Fire & EMS)
- Hospital Staff (EMS Only)
- First Responders (Fire & EMS)
Code of Ethics for Fire/EMS
Professional status as an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and FIRE Practitioner is maintained and enriched by the willingness of the individual practitioner to accept and fulfil obligations to society, other medical professionals, and the EMS/FIRE profession. As an EMS/FIRE practitioner, I solemnly pledge myself to the following code of professional ethics:
- To conserve life, alleviate suffering, promote health, do no harm, and encourage the quality and equal availability of emergency medical care.
- To provide services based on human need, with compassion and respect for human dignity, unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, colour, or status; to not judge the merits of the patient’s request for service, nor allow the patient’s socioeconomic status to influence our demeanour or the care that we provide.
- To not use professional knowledge and skills in any enterprise detrimental to the public well being.
- To respect and hold in confidence all information of a confidential nature obtained in the course of professional service unless required by law to divulge such information.
- To use social media in a responsible and professional manner that does not discredit, dishonour, or embarrass an EMS organisation, co-workers, other health care practitioners, patients, individuals or the community at large.
- To maintain professional competence, striving always for clinical excellence in the delivery of patient care.
- To assume responsibility in upholding standards of professional practice and education.
- To assume responsibility for individual professional actions and judgement, both in dependent and independent emergency functions, and to know and uphold the laws which affect the practice of EMS.
- To be aware of and participate in matters of legislation and regulation affecting EMS.
- To work cooperatively with EMS associates and other allied healthcare professionals in the best interest of our patients.
- To refuse participation in unethical procedures, and assume the responsibility to expose incompetence or unethical conduct of others to the appropriate authority in a proper and professional manner.
Rankings
| Rank | Department | Role | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Command | EMS/Fire | Director | 10 |
| High Command | EMS/Fire | Chief of EMS/Fire | 9 |
| High Command | EMS | Assistant Chief of EMS (FRD) | 8 |
| High Command | EMS | Assistant Chief of EMS (HSD) | 8 |
| High Command | EMS | Assistant Chief of EMS (MED) | 8 |
| High Command | Fire | Battalion Fire Chief | 8 |
| __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Supervisors | EMS | Surgeon | 7 |
| Supervisors | EMS | Advanced Paramedic | 6 |
| Supervisors | Fire | Advanced Firefighter | 6 |
| __ | __ | __ | __ |
| Hospital Staff | EMS | Doctor | 5 |
| Hospital Staff | EMS | Nurse | 4 |
| __ | __ | __ | __ |
| First Responder | EMS | Regular Paramedic | 3 |
| First Responder | Fire | Regular Firefighter | 3 |
| First Responder | EMS | Junior Paramedic | 2 |
| First Responder | Fire | Junior Firefighter | 2 |
| First Responder | EMS | Trainee Paramedic | 1 |
| First Responder | Fire | Trainee Firefighter | 1 |
Certifications
| Type | Category | Certification Name |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Ambulance P1 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Ambulance P2 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Fire Truck P1 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Fire Truck P2 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Dodge RAM Scene MGMT Unit P1 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Dodge RAM Scene MGMT Unit P2 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Interceptor Mobile Unit P1 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Driving Course | Interceptor Mobile Unit P2 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Flying Course | MEDIVAC P1 |
| Vehicle Training | Advanced Flying Course | MEDIVAC P2 |
| Medical Training | Medical Assessment | Basic |
| Medical Training | Medical Assessment | Intermediate |
| Medical Training | Medical Assessment | Advanced |
| Medical Training | First Response | Phase 1 |
| Medical Training | First Response | Phase 2 |
| Medical Training | First Response | Phase 3 |
| Medical Training | Hospital | Phase 1 |
| Medical Training | Hospital | Phase 2 |