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 Hall Ambulance runs in Tehachapi on average 6 to 10 medical calls a day. Most calls take 1 hour to complete. Calls out to the prison require the ambulance to transport to Bakersfield. That takes over 3 hours to complete. So the Tehachapi ambulance crew is working a call 6 to 12 hours a day. Some days less, some days more. So even if you get the ambulance 1st  the crew is going to be tired and over worked. On average one person every two days is in need of an ambulance but has to wait for one from out of town. Paramedic's that live in Tehachapi are transferring to places like Boron because they are over worked and can't do that amount of calls day after day.  Thank God we have the Fire Department up here to take up the slack. HALL is out to make a buck, not to help people. That's sad. Why is a private company in charge of emergency care? We need to be like real counties and cities and have the fire department take care of emergencies. L.A.city and L.A....
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