when i said western suburbs, i meant the glenelg area/beach suburbs
are there normally enough crews?
Marion, Brooklyn Park and Camden Park run one emergency ambulance out of station each. Lately Marion have been using ATS crews for assistance at cat A's. Also keep in mind crews at Asford control parts of the west too.
Do most stations run just one emergency ambulance?
As far as i know, 2 ambulances get despatched to cat A's? How how often are they both emergency ambulances with paramedic crews?
Are SAAS looking at employing more paramedics to reduce any sort of dependence on NEPT crews?
Answer to the first question is no. Fulham has multiple emergency ambulances, as does Cambelltown. Port Adelaide, Salisbury, Playford, Ashford, ect have two or more ambulances that attend emergencies. Some crews are ICP and others are paramedics.
Answer to the second question: Two Ambulances (in some cases 3) are dispatched to cat A's. They might be SPRINT, designed to get to incidents quickly. To the best of my knowledge its rare to see an ATS crew attending emergencies, they are there for transfers.
And I'm not sure about the third questions.