You Thought ESU Was Only For PD?

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You thought ESU was only for PD? Think again.

Austin-Travis County EMS runs this 2007 Pierce Contender as ESU-1.

Staffed not by the familiar term that your used to hearing around here- "ESU Cop", but by "ESU Paramedics" who are trained in Hazmat, Tech Rescue, etc etc. They work TOGETHER with the FD and PD- they are oriented more toward the patient care end of things.

It's sad that so many departments outside New York are so far ahead of us, and take EMS seriously, and actually fund MUNICPAL EMS. Imagine the conterversy in Westchester if an EMS agency were to run an ESU!