Aurora Sentinel
AURORA, Colo. — In the high-stakes world of ambulance services, Aurora’s private provider for the past eight years could be the latest casualty.
At a study session Monday, Aurora City Council tentatively agreed 8-2 to award a contract for private ambulance transportation services to Dutch-based Falck Corporation of America. Under the agreement, Falck would serve as the city’s ambulance provider for five years starting in September. Council members Molly Markert and Renie Peterson voted against the measure.
The contract calls for fire department dispatchers to call the designated ambulance company each time an emergency ambulance is needed at a car crash scene or other medical emergency. The city also has a fleet of its own medical emergency responders. And private non-emergency ambulance service can be provided by any licensed company. But the approximate annual 27,000 dispatched ambulance calls in Aurora each year are big money, setting up a highly competitive push for the contract.
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