TCAD Operations involves many tasks every day to make sure that we can offer the best service to our residents and visitors. We have 9 ambulances that are fully equipped and ready for use at any time. Of those 9 ambulances, 5 of them are Freightliners, one of which is a Critical Care Unit. We also have 3 Fords, 2 of which are 4X4 units. Along with the ambulances we have a MCI trailer that is used for Mass Casualty Incidents.

TCAD employees are trained to different level of services: Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Pediatric (BTLS), and other in-house advanced training, which is above the State recommendation for Paramedics. Paramedics ACLS ambulances, contain the following equipment:

• EKG monitoring


• Advanced life support drugs


• Advanced airway management


• Cell phone communication