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PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE FIRE/EMS EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION & RELATED SERVICES <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />ITEM 10: PLAN FOR TAKEOVER OF SERVICE / START-UP <br />Care Ambulance Service is the incumbent emergency provider for the City of Santa Ana, <br />currently providing fully compliant and nationally accredited emergency ambulance services to <br />the residents and visitors of Santa Ana. In selecting Care Ambulance as the continuing provider <br />for the City of Santa Ana, the community will experience no interruption of the excellent <br />ambulance services they already enjoy. Santa Ana city officials can count on our seamless <br />continuation of stable, consistent and accountable services without fear of service halts or <br />concern for performance decline while a new provider learns on the job. <br />One of the true advantages Care Ambulance brings to the City of Santa Ana is seasoned <br />management, experienced with this type of dedicated ambulance operation. This experience is <br />critical to ensure uninterrupted quality ambulance service. With Care Ambulance, the City of <br />Santa Ana can be certain it is working with an experienced, reputable, well-known firm that has <br />a management team with emergency ambulance service implementation experience that has <br />been tested and proven. <br />Care's plan for continuation of service includes the following: <br />An experienced and knowledgeable local management team that is already in place <br />with EMTs, Dispatchers and Managers who are familiar with the City of Santa Ana <br />Emergency Ambulance program. <br />A proven and effective emergency ambulance deployment strategy that has exceeded <br />all requirements of the RFP for the last six (6) years. <br />In the following section, we detail our plan for takeover and implementation of the Santa Ana <br />contract with a January 1, 2019 start date. <br />(a) Care's Transition and Implementation Management Team <br />Care Ambulance provides a very comprehensive management team with over 200 years' <br />experience in the management and supervision of emergency ambulance operations. A key to <br />the successful growth of Care Ambulance has been the strength of our on-site management <br />team, which includes: <br />Bill Weston — Director of Operations <br />Bill is responsible for the daily operations of Care Ambulance. Bill has worked for Care <br />Ambulance for over 22 years. Bill began his EMS career as an EMT and has responsibilities for <br />field operations, EMT hiring, and risk management. Bill serves as Care Ambulance liaison with <br />the City of Santa Ana and OCFA. <br />RFP # 18-059—CARE AMBULANCE SERVICE 34 <br />