It will almost always be more efficient and overall better bang for your buck to have the fire dept provide your transport. You have to have the fire department to do a multitude of things, and having a private ambulance company just causes duplication of costs, and usually the fire department is subsidizing the ambulance through staffing, man power, supplies, or equipment.
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It will almost always be more efficient and overall better bang for your buck to have the fire dept provide your transport. You have to have the fire department to do a multitude of things, and having a private ambulance company just causes duplication of costs, and usually the fire department is subsidizing the ambulance through staffing, man power, supplies, or equipment.