Pierce stressed that there is no change in service for San Diego residents, just a different name on the ambulance that will show up. It is a culmination of everybody's work." "The last six months of work have really paid off today. "It's been a very smooth transition," Deputy Fire Chief Jodie Pierce said Saturday morning at an ambulance staging area in Kearny Mesa. City officials said that response and several others on Saturday morning went smoothly.Ĭity fire officials worked closely with Falck during a six-month transition period to prepare for the takeover, which required AMR to continue handling ambulance service as a lame-duck provider while Falck ramped up its local operation. Saturday when a Falck ambulance responded to a medical emergency in San Ysidro. The transition officially began at 7:49 a.m. The switch, which was endorsed by Fire-Rescue Chief Colin Stowell and approved by the City Council in April, has been praised by civil rights leaders as an opportunity to boost poor response times south of state Route 94. A Falck vehicle was seen at the San Diego Fire-Rescue Logistics Division at Kearny Mesa on Saturday.
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