McCormick Ambulance Founded 1961

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2 McCormick Ambulance Founded 1961 Founded in 1961 by Mary Agnes McCormick (the company s current CEO s, Joe Chidley, grandmother) In 2002, Westmed Ambulance, Inc., owned by Joe Chidley and his partners, purchased McCormick from Joe s cousins

3 McCormick Ambulance s HEART Ambulance In 1969, operated one of the first Paramedic ambulances in Los Angeles County called HEART, in partnership with Daniel Freeman Hospital, Centinela Valley Hospital, and the American Heart Association

4 Company Highlights McCormick Ambulance is family founded and locally owned and operated All company owners live and raise their families in Southern California The majority of owners and management team are either EMTs or Paramedics; in fact 7 additional administrative units can be deployed in Los Angeles County

5 Company Highlights McCormick Ambulance ensures the highest level of employee job satisfaction. Field employees simply do not leave to work for other ambulance providers; they leave to advance in their chosen professions. Some employee benefits include: McCormick utilizes stations rather than posting ambulance crews on street corners, McCormick often sponsors current and potential employees through EMT or Paramedic school

6 Company Highlights In 2006, McCormick Ambulance was awarded the exclusive 911 contract for Los Angeles County Zones 4 and 7. The current service area encompasses West Los Angeles County, from Ventura to Long Beach, and McCormick responds on time to approximately 7, calls per month

7 Company Highlights McCormick structures its in house billing division with 8 individual departments (Pre Billing, Verifying, Data Entry, MediCal, Medicare, Back Billing/Collections, Deposits and Information Technology) which enables billing personnel to specialize in each A/R function McCormick Ambulance has developed a sophisticated Pre Billing department to maximize reimbursements; including a full time Patient Recovery Manager

8 Company Highlights McCormick Ambulance schedules its ambulance crews alongside the same fire crews shift after shift; ensuring continuity of care and partnership McCormick Ambulance has an on site, subcontracted EMT school (CIEMT) McCormick Ambulance performs all maintenance in house at the company s state of the art maintenance facility except body work McCormick Ambulance is CAAS accredited McCormick Ambulance Gives Back! The company s in kind donations (including vehicle donations) and financial contributions total over $600,000 for the past 3 years

9 Community Involvement

10 Community CPR Training

11 Community Education

12 Donation of Ambulances

13 McCormick Ambulance Will Support Events and Worthy Causes in the City of Torrance Upon award of the contract, the company will investigate worthy causes and various Torrance charities to donate their services to McCormick Ambulance proposes to provide Sidewalk CPR training events for Torrance s high school seniors and provide free standbys for local high school football games McCormick Ambulance will donate 4 AEDs within the term of the contract to worthy community agencies or organizations

14 McCormick Ambulance Generates the Highest On Time Compliance Rates in Los Angeles County Response Time Requirements: EOA EOA EOA EOA EOA EOA EOA AMR AMR Schaefer MAC AMR Care MAC 8 mins, 59 secs 94.1% 93.8% 93.6% 96.7% 93.6% 93.8% 96.2% 92%

15 McCormick Ambulance is an Experienced Disaster Responder: Hurricane Katrina Response The company spent 31 days in the City of New Orleans providing emergency services, without compensation, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina Due to the company s disaster and 911 experience, McCormick Ambulance was asked by the City of New Orleans Medical Director and EMS Chief to assume all EMS duties since many of the ambulances were destroyed and/or because local employees could not make it to work McCormick Ambulance was essentially the EMS provider for the City of New Orleans for 31 days, switching ambulance crews every 10 days

16 McCormick Ambulance s Team of Disaster Specialists (RED Team) The RED Team, Rapid Emergency Deployment Team, was created subsequent to hurricanes Katrina and Rita RED Team members are trained for the specialized use of emergency equipment including disaster units, the mobile communications and command trailer, the fuel tender, the mobile generator, the disaster service trailer, and the special equipment trailer RED Team members must frequently attend drills and complete the following courses: bio terrorism course, ICS 100, 200, 288, and NIMS 700 or 704

17 McCormick Ambulance s 2 State Issued Disaster Units ALS and BLS Kits Incident Command/Triage Equipment ALS Equipment, Including I.V. Infusion Supplies Splinting Equipment Adult and Peds Airway Supply Module Oxygen Cylinders/Oxygen Administration Supplies Mobile Radios/HT Radios Infection Control and PPE Fuel

18 McCormick Ambulance s Disaster Unit Carries 63 Backboards 64 Oxygen Tanks/Regulators Triage Supplies/Tarps 11 BLS Jump Bag Equipment Epinephrine Pens C Collars

19 McCormick Ambulance s Mobile Communications and Command Trailer (MCC) Self contained dispatch center capable of effectively dispatching ALL company resources Multi Band Scanner 3 UHF and 1 VHF 2 Way Dispatch Radios 2 LA County Fire CAD computers 3 McCormick Dispatch Computers 2 Server Computers 1 Satellite Phone 2 Gas Generators

20 McCormick Ambulance s Mobile Generator and Fuel Tender 25 KW Mobile Generator (MG 25) 500 Gallon Fuel Tender (FT 500); Capable of Pumping or Siphoning 26 Gallons of Fuel Per Minute

21 McCormick Ambulance s Electric Medical Cart Includes 1 Gurney, Backboards and is ALS Capable Used During Special Events, Such as Standbys at Local High School Football Games

22 McCormick Ambulance s Driving Simulator The Simulator Uses the PatrolSim tm Software with the Ambulance Module Installed Will be Offered for Use to the Torrance Fire Department and Torrance PD

23 McCormick Ambulance Utilizes the Most Current and Sophisticated Technologies The company currently utilizes: GPS Logic AVL, ZOLL RescueNet Billing and Collections Software, ZOLL RescueNet Computer Aided Dispatching Software, WhenToWork.com scheduling software, Bamboo certification tracking software and HealthEMS epcr software A CAD to CAD interface will be implemented between McCormick s ZOLL CAD software and the City s CAD (Spillman) system upon award of contract A portable computer, ASUS Q200E, is on board each ambulance with HealthEMS epcr software installed. CAD information (time stamps, address, etc.) will automatically populate the ambulance crew s epcr as well as crew entered patient assessment and treatment information (chief complaint, vital signs, interventions)

24 Rapid Start Up Capabilities for the Torrance Fire Department Ambulance Contract McCormick Ambulance s existing operations in the South Bay and West Los Angeles County provide an ideal situation for a rapid start up for the contract McCormick Ambulance has a total fleet size of 66 ambulances, including 15 brand new Type III ambulances McCormick Ambulance has 5 brand new Type III Torrance dedicated 24 hour ambulances The company has signed a lease with Hamilton Avenue in Torrance that will serve as McCormick s center of operations and include executive offices, the EMT school, the Communications Center and a crew sub station McCormick Ambulance has available personnel in place including: a management team of 14, 6 billing employees, 50 field employees (including 3 Crew Chiefs, 3 FTOs and 3 Field Supervisors) and Communications Center employees, and 6 support employees

25 Proposed Ambulance Stations Station Locations: Functions: Hamilton Avenue # 230 Torrance, Headquarters nd Street Redondo Beach, Torrance dedicated 24 hr. unit 1998 South Pacific Coast Highway Redondo Beach, Torrance dedicated 24 hr. unit South Vermont #E Gardena, Torrance dedicated 24 hr. unit 2370 West Carson Street # Torrance, *Recently leased, within Torrance City Limits 2Torrance dedicated 24 hr. units

26 McCormick Ambulance Exceeds Ambulance Requirements Within an 8 min response standard, McCormick will deploy, between the hours of 7am to 7pm, hr. ambulance from stations in Torrance, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Gardena, Lomita and Palos Verdes (includes 1 ALS unit) Within 12 min response radius, deploys 16 units (8 24 hr. units and 8 day cars) Within 20 min response radius, deploys 8 24 hr. units Within 30 min response radius, deploys 2 24 hr. units and 1 day car Total of 37 units Within an 8 min response standard, McCormick will deploy, between the hours of 7pm to 7am, hr. ambulance from stations in Torrance, Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Gardena, Lomita and Palos Verdes (includes 1 ALS unit) Within 12 min response radius, deploys 8 24 hr. units Within 20 min response radius, deploys 8 24 hr. units Within 30 min response radius, deploys 7 24 hr. units Total of 33 units

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