If the injured worker is an EMT rather than a firefighter, why would the nearest fire department be used rather than a private ambulance service?
A private ambulance service is not the equivalent of a rescue squad. Typically, a volunteer rescue squad performs duties far beyond those of an ambulance service and the personnel have been trained for those duties. These rescue duties are far more similar to those performed either by full-time EMT’s or firefighter/EMT’s with career fire departments. Also note that volunteer rescue squads have a wide variety of organizational names. They need not be named a “rescue squad” to come under the provisions of §102.07(1)(c).
