No need for two ambo services
I was Salt Creek's GTO until our Brigade changed Groups two days ago
I may be uninformed (maybe you know more Adam) but I doubt very much their crews have the Cert IV (although they train with Ambos every two weeks) and I am 99.9% sure they do not have defib. And I am not aware of any Salt Creek CFS members who crew the Meningie ambulance (it is 60km away). Maybe James you know someone down that way and can confirm otherwise? I will be talking to their BTO in the next few days so I will ask also
The way their Captain explained it to me was that they attended low priority incidents, performed basic first aid and determined if ambulance necessary.
Salt Creek has Kingston and Meningie within a reasonable distance. There would definately be many more fire stations that had ambos much further away.
Some US models involve paramedics attending as part of the fire service and the "ambulance" is basically a transport company.