Fallon Ambulance Service

Fallon Ambulance Awarded Equipment from National Homeland Security Grant

MILTON AND QUINCY, MA, ISSUED AUGUST 30, 2004…Fallon Ambulance Service, the region’s largest independent, family-owned business, was recently selected to receive a grant of equipment from the department of Homeland Security. The grant was instituted as part of the greater effort to further enhance the preparedness and response capacity for potential large-scale emergencies at the local level.

As the largest, independently owned ambulance service in the region, Fallon was notified of the grant through Boston Emergency Medical Services (BEMS) and Metro-Boston EMS Council (MBEMSC). The grant will provide medical and personal protective equipment. The program will increase the capacity of the area’s EMS community to respond to an act of terrorism or other large-scale emergency.

“This grant further demonstrates the state’s confidence in our services,” said Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Fallon Ambulance Service. “We are proud to be the emergency service providers that the surrounding communities count on and we are committed to maintaining the highest level of safety for all of our patients.”

Fallon was chosen as the recipient based on stringent eligibility requirements instituted by the BEMS and MBEMSC. Applicants were required to demonstrate licensing in EMS Region IV, as defined by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; maintain continuous 24-hour advanced life support (ALS) service in at least one EMS Region IV community; and the agency must use procedures to conduct Medical Director quality assurance reviews of all ALS calls. Fallon is also expected to adhere to strict rules and regulations regarding the use and storage of the granted equipment.

In addition to the grant, BEMS and MBEMSC also chose Fallon as the designated service to house a large cache of medical equipment. Fallon will be expected to provide a secure, climate-controlled environment for the equipment storage, and agree to transport the cache to the scene of a major incident.

Equipment allocations to Fallon are as follows: 8 Portable Ventilators, 20 Pulse Oximeters, 3 LifePak 12 Defibrillator/Monitors and 300 ER1000 Hooded Escape Masks. The equipment grant was funded by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety; through homeland security reserves.

Fallon Ambulance is one of the region’s larger employers, with more than 500 personnel, including paramedics, EMTs, and chair car drivers. In the last decade, the company has grown significantly, in both personnel and scope of the 9-1-1 coverage provided. In the last eight years, Fallon has added Quincy, Braintree, Brookline, Dedham and Weymouth to the communities for which it provides primary 9-1-1 service, in addition to the town of Milton. The company also provides paramedic intercept services for a growing number of communities.

For more than four decades of its 68-year history, Fallon’s headquarters have been located at 95 Eliot Street, Milton. Effective in the Fall of 2004, the company’s will relocate their corporate headquarters to 111 Brook Road, West Quincy; the former home of New England Steel Tank. Their new facility will be approximately three times the size they currently occupy. Fallon Ambulance is investing $3 million to refurbish the building, which, when completed, will consist of 43,000 square feet of space on a 70,000 square foot lot.

Fallon Ambulance Service was founded in 1936 by James R. Fallon, Sr., and has remained a family operated business to this day. The founder’s son, James R. (Ray) Fallon, Jr., and five of his children have all played an integral role in the company’s operation and growth. Fallon Ambulance employs more than 400 personnel, and operates 115 vehicles. The company provides 9-1-1 service to Milton, Quincy, Brookline, Weymouth, Braintree and Dedham as well as primary backup to Boston and Randolph. Fallon Ambulance Service also provides medical transportation for a number of nursing homes, hospitals, and HMOs throughout Greater Boston. Headquarters are at 111 Brook Road, Quincy, MA 02169, and Fallon Ambulance operates satellite offices in Weymouth, Allston and Quincy, MA. A new state-of-the-art headquarters is slated for opening in Quincy in the Fall, 2004. Fallon Ambulance Service is a several-time recipient of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s “Success Profile,” and the “local heroes” award by the South Shore Community Action Council. For additional information about Fallon Ambulance services or programs that the company offers, contact Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President of Business Development, at (617) 745-2100, ext. 117 or visit www.fallonambulance.com.