Does your state require a special license to operate an ambo

[CBEMT]

Off topic, but that makes for a craptastic 24 hr shift when your partner can't drive :roll:

Are you kidding? Working at a private with a partner who can't drive was GREAT!

Yeah, driving at a 911 service all day isn't much fun, but I can't say I'd miss teching a day of dialysis, discharges, and doctor's appointments.

[darkangelx66]

NJ does not have anything special but my volley squad recommends new drivers to take CEVO

[Kiwiology]

We used to have a class E license for an ambulance (which equates to a chauffers lic - same as a taxi) but since we got our new license system its covered as a "special" vehicle under the standard driver license since an ambulance is < 4.5 metric ton (4500kg)

Each service does have an in house EVOC certification course

Fire needs either Class 2 ( > 4.5 metric ton two axle) or Class 4 ( > 4.5 metric ton & > two axle) depending on which truck they drive.

[zippyRN]

EU generic Answer

If the vehicle has a MAM of greater than 3500kg the driver needs a cat C1 or cat C licence - and therefore has to meet the higher medical standards for commercial vehicles,

if the MAM of the vehicle was to exceed 7500kg then a Cat C licence would be mandatory

if the vehicle has an MAM less than 3500kg the driver needs a cat B licence which is a standard car licence,

Uk specific points

those of us with grandfather rights to C1 will be held to those medical standards by the employing agency if it's any good ( certainly the NHS and the VASes do)

the NHS and the VASes hold people to the 'vocational driver' medical standards for cat B driving

insurers will specify training in the legal gap of exemptions ( i.e. other than S.19 Road safety Act speed exemptions when the secondary legislation is passed)

they will also as othershave stated refuse to insure people with valid licencnes but insufficient experience to too many / wrong types of penalty endorsements/ driving offence convictions

[brentoli]

in Indiana you dont need any special license. Most places just require you to take EVOC soon after being hired.

Indiana EMS commission does issue a "Driver" certification with your PSID record, but it is not required to drive an ambulance.

[tlfd_emt_3384]

In WI no additional certifications or license classes are needed. We do have mandatory driver/operator classes annually for all of our apparatus and ambulance, also before a probie can drive anything, he/she needs to be checked off by an officer before operating the apparatus hot.

Anyone have any idea why I keep getting logged out of here...or a place to read posts of theses nature...Thanks in advance.

[WolfmanHarris]

In Ontario you are required to have an "F" class Driver's License to work as a Paramedic. Interesting to note that this law covers all Paramedics as it doesn't differentiate between land and flight. So the medics on the choppers still have to keep this license current.

F class covers Ambulance and small bus (up to 24 passengers, not including school bus) and requires medical clearance (which remains the source of my problems at the moment), a written exam and a road test. You're also required to redo the medical and written test every 3 years.