Advanced Life Support

The Frontenac Fire Department in cooperation with our medical control, St. Johns, http://www.stjohnsmercy.org/ provide the highest quality in Emergency Medicine to the people we serve. The Frontenac Fire Department is dedicated to developing and maintaining our EMS system, ensuring that a uniform quality and standard of pre-hospital emergency medical care is available to everyone in the City of Frontenac, Huntleigh, Crystal Lake Park, and Country Life Acres. The Frontenac Fire Department is on the cutting edge of providing emergency medical services by using the latest equipment and training available. The Frontenac Fire Department has two Advanced Life Support pumpers completely stocked with the most advanced medical equipment on the market.

Both of the fire department apparatus are equipped with 12-lead heart monitors, ventilators, advanced airways, pain management medications, and a number of life saving medications. Both of the fire trucks respond with paramedics trained in advanced cardiac life support, pediatric life support and pre- hospital trauma life support. Paramedics are capable of administering life saving drugs during emergencies such as heart attacks, allergic reactions, asthma attacks, seizures and other medical emergencies.

The Department currently employs 9 State certified paramedics and 5 State certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT).  With an average response time of 3.5 minutes to emergency medical calls, the men and women of the Frontenac Fire Department provide our citizens and visitors with the highest level of emergency care. Frontenac Paramedics work to stabilize patients until Abbott ambulance http://www.abbottems.org/ arrives to provide transportation to the hospital of choice. In the event of an acute medical or trauma emergency the Fire Department Paramedics will provide the medical care throughout the transport, until released to the emergency department.

St. John’s one of only three level one trauma centers in the metropolitan area provides the Frontenac Fire Department with aggressive medical protocols. The Fire Department meets with the St. John’s paramedic educator and the medical director monthly to review protocols, and the latest emergency medical procedures. Our Firefighters train on Fire and EMS topics everyday to provide our citizens with the best service possible.

Services Offered:

• Blood Pressure Checks (Done within the Station)
• CPR Classes