- Care Ambulance Service
Infobox Ambulance Company
name = Care Ambulance Service
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established = 1969
headquarters = Orange, CA
jurisdiction = Private
staff type = Full and Part time Paid
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BLS or ALS = BLS
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CEO = Dan Richardson
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website = http://www.careambulance.net/Care Ambulance Service provides
ambulance transport and9-1-1 response services providingbasic life support and critical care for patients in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Care Ambulance is divided into 2 divisions, Orange County and Los Angeles County. Orange County division is based out of the main headquarters in Orange, CA, while the Los Angeles division is based in Santa Fe Springs, CA. Care Ambulance also has 12 substations in Orange County and 15 substations in Los Angeles County.Care was founded by Carl Richardson as a one-ambulance operation in 1969. The company continues to be operated by the Richardson family and is now run by Carl's sons, Dan and Rick. [cite web | url = http://www.careambulance.net/letter.asp | title = Letter | publisher = Care Ambulance Service | accessdate = October 27 | accessyear = 2006] Care received national accreditation in 1993 from the
Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services certifying that it exceeds the basic standards required for state licensing as an ambulance service. [cite web | url = http://www.careambulance.net/home1.asp | title = Care Ambulance Service, Inc. | accessdate = October 27 | accessyear = 2006]Care provides 24-hour service from Basic Life Support ambulances staffed by two
Emergency Medical Technician s. They also provivde Critical Care Transport ambulances staffed by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's), a licensed Critical Care Transport Nurse (CCTRN), and a Respiratory Care Practitioner if required. [cite web | url = http://www.careambulance.net/services.asp | title = Services | publisher = Care Ambulance Service | accessdate = October 27 | accessyear = 2006]Care Ambulance vehicles are white with a pale blue strip running down the length of the vehicle from the hood before angling downward near the rear of the vehicle. Another stripe comes from the rear of the vehicle and angles upward when it encounters the front strip.
Cities served by Care
Orange County
* Anaheim
* Buena Park
* Costa Mesa
* Fountain Valley
* Fullerton
* Garden Grove
* La Palma
* Midway City
* StantonLos Angeles County
* Artesia
* Bell
* Bell Gardens
* Bellflower
* Cerritos
* City of Commerce
* Cudahy
* East LA
* Hawaiian Gardens
* Huntington Park
* La Mirada
* Lakewood
* Maywood
* Montebello
* Norwalk
* Paramount
* Pico Rivera
* Santa Fe Springs
* Signal Hill
* WhittierReferences
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