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Originally Posted by ericr
I don't know about that era but when I was a kid, there were no EMS units operated by municipal authorities-----ambulances were maintained by funeral homes (kind of ironic, isn't it).
Maybe my mentor HL can shed some light on when fire departments went into the emergency medical service.
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Back about 1980 I saw a combination ambulance/hearse for sale for $700. It was about 15 years old. That town also had a combination furniture store/funeral home.