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Article: Ambulance company's response is disputed: Workers say call to aid officers was refused; Twin City says it wasn't needed.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- December 8, 2006
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Byline: Emma D. Sapong
Dec. 8--Employees of Twin City Ambulance of the City of Tonawanda said management refused to respond to a mutual aid request when two Buffalo police officers were shot Tuesday night. But officials of both Twin City Ambulance and Rural/Metro Medical Services -- which serves the City of Buffalo -- said the assistance was not needed. However, members of the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics Local 394 charge that Twin City Ambulance could have assisted but chose not to. They said the management's policy is not to accept mutual aid calls to "certain areas where insurance coverage may be questionable."
"When two ...
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