A showdown over how the county provides firefighters at John Wayne Airport is becoming another skirmish in the escalating battle over whether county emergency response services should remain largely public or privatized.
Tag: privatization
Posted inCanyons, Government, Top Stories, Transportation
Angel Stadium Incidents Spark Probe of Ambulance Firm
Officials say that in two cases the stadium’s private ambulance service improperly transported fans with serious injuries.
Posted inCountywide, Government, Top Stories
County’s Private Ambulance Firms Have History of Past Penalties
Orange County officials, in their recent push to introduce private paramedics, have turned to ambulance firms of years of labor violations and financial difficulties, records show.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
Committee Delays Decision on Private Paramedics
The panel wants to wait for closer examination of a death, among other issues.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories
Alameda Experience Reveals Downside of Private Paramedics
Officials in the Bay Area county were surprised to find that the contractor for paramedic services was $9.5 million in the red.
Posted inGovernment, Investigative, Top Stories, Transportation
County Experiments With Privatizing Ambulance Service
For the first time, private paramedics were deployed last week in Orange County to transfer patients between health facilities.
Posted inGovernment
Supervisors to Again Discuss Privatizing Airport Firefighting
Under the current proposal, supervisors would extend their existing agreement with the Orange County Fire Authority for another year.
Posted inGovernment, Irvine, Norberto Santana, Jr.
John Wayne Airport Might Accept Bids for Private Firefighting
County Board of Supervisors authorized the first step toward a $5-million outsourcing contract.
Posted inCosta Mesa, Countywide, Investigative, Top Stories
Costa Mesa’s Curious Math
Public forum today on the need for budget cuts is likely to draw
questions about the city’s approach to numbers.
