# Fire Dept responds to medical calls

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fire-dept-responds-to-medical-calls/969852 "2022-08-17T21:46:56Z")\
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Not for a traffic accident, that might require extrication, or a CPR which requires performing compressions while ventilating. An ambulance crew was normally a driver and the main EMT, only two people.

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