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New York, NY - New York City ambulance companies are sending trucks and crews down to the Gulf Coast as the region prepares for a possible hurricane three years after Katrina.
Citywide Mobile Response Corp. spokesman Isaac Newman says his company dispatched five ambulances along with 15 crew members early Friday from its headquarters on Stillwell Avenue in the Bronx. They left about 6 a.m. and are expected to reach the Gulf Coast in about 30 hours.
Newman says his crew members stocked up on batteries, helmets, socks and underwear. He says that they were called to deploy at 10 p.m. Thursday by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tropical Storm Gustav has been strengthening into a hurricane and threatens to slam the coastline in the next few days.
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Aug 29, 2008 at 10:46 AM Anonymous Says:
alaot of gas
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Aug 29, 2008 at 10:47 AM Anonymous Says:
doesnt n.y. itself have a shortage of ambulances and emt's??????
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Aug 29, 2008 at 11:52 AM Lock & Load Says:
A nice thing to do......
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Aug 29, 2008 at 12:38 PM YANKEL Says:
Makes no sense at all. There are certainly many cities with ambulances much closer to New Orleans than NYC.
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Aug 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM thanks, but no thanks Says:
Stupid political gimmick. Why can't Ray "Schoolbus" Nagen handle his own problems?
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Aug 29, 2008 at 12:50 PM Anonymous Says:
You would think they would have been more prepared considering the last big one ??
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Aug 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM Anonymous Says:
hertzka is making money from fema he won the feds contract$$$ good for him
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Aug 29, 2008 at 01:35 PM Anonymous Says:
the shortage of emt's is at the fire department, citywide is a private transport company and is not part of the 911 system.
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Aug 31, 2008 at 07:40 AM anonymous Says:
GO YITZI.... from your fans in Toronto