Cliff.P

Hey, I worked for Professional from '73-'75 while in college. Those were pre-paramedic days for the non-FD private ambulance companies. Rand Brooks was a great employer. Bob Croll was the supervisor. The guys I most often worked with were Mike Blanchot, Joe Mallory, Greg Cooyman (a former medic in Nam). Pro had the contract with LA county to transport patients between the main jail and LA county Hospital...those runs were fun. We also backed up LA City Fire RAs, and as Medicop55 said, Glendale Fire, Burbank Fire, and also Pasadena Fire. The last was out of a station that was formerly a service owned by a funeral home...the mortuary was across the parking lot from the station, and the senior embalmer used to come over in the morning for a cup of coffe, and would ask us to help move a "case" occasionally. The rigs were a mixed lot. My favorite was KL-7, based on a GMC half- ton platform. KL-5 was a caddy ( or Olds?) rig. We did have a couple of van- based rigs. Had lots of great times working for Rand. I went on to a career in environmental science. Cliff