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The vehicle is also known as the Five Mary Car due to the radio designation Car 5M. [5] Field Unit Radio Designations [6] Ambulance radio designations include two numbers followed by a letter and then a tour designation (ex: 46y2) The first and second digit represent the home battalion of the ambulance. (ex: 46y2 is in FDNY battalion 46).
1962: A sick infant, a disabled car on a Chicago freeway, and a January blizzard prompted Henry B. (Pete) Kreer to envision using CB radio to get help in such emergencies. Hallicrafters Radio sponsored the founding of REACT in April, with Kreer serving as its executive director. 1967: REACT approached the FCC for a designated CB Emergency Channel.
40 Radio Emergency Patrol (REP) trucks, which are referred to as "Cars", are ESU's work horse and used for regular patrol. Each REP is equipped with SCUBA gear, emergency medical equipment, rope rescue equipment, forcible entry equipment and rescue equipment including hydraulic rams and the Hurst Tool (Jaws of Life).
The medical center also houses FDNY EMS Battalion 14. Residents of the South Bronx have the highest occurrence of asthma in New York City. [1] [11] Adult and pediatric asthma patients receive immediate attention from Lincoln's medical staff, set specifically aside in the Emergency Department's designated "Asthma Room". [1]
Westchester Square Medical Center, [1] [2] located in Westchester Square, opened in 1930 as Westchester Square Hospital (which closed in 2013), [3] [4] [5] and currently houses an emergency room, operating rooms, and offices for Montefiore Medical Center. Westchester Square Medical Center emergency department ambulance bay.
An ambulance with two red revolving lights mounted above two flashing red lights, with two speakers between for the vehicle's electronic siren.Also seen are two antennae; the one seen between the two speakers is for a two-way radio, while the one seen in front of the flashing light on the left is probably for the vehicle's conventional AM/FM radio.
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The hospital's two flagship medical centers, Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center, are located on opposite sides of Upper Manhattan. As of 2022 [update] , the hospital is ranked the seventh-best hospital in the United States and second-best in the New York City metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report .