BCFR & Coastal

From Brevard County Fire Rescue:

To ensure we are meeting the health and safety needs of our community, Brevard County Fire Rescue is coordinating with our long-standing partner, Coastal Ambulance, to provide non-life-threatening patient transportation to the hospital effective April 7.

What this means for residents:

• 911 calls may be triaged to ensure the correct resources are being dispatched for our patients
• Brevard County Fire Rescue may respond to a call, assess the patient and contact CAS to transport the patient to a local hospital for non-emergency cases
• Once Brevard County Fire Rescue has verified the condition is non-life-threatening and the CAS unit has been dispatched, the BCFR unit may leave the scene to ensure prompt response for other emergency calls

We appreciate the community’s understanding as we implement this new process, we will continue to work with our medical partners throughout the County to ensure the health and safety of our patients.

Full release: http://www.brevardfl.gov/communications/viewrelease/9528