Fallon Ambulance named to Boston Business Journal’s List of Largest Family-Owned Businesses

QUINCY, MA, ISSUED FEBRUARY 10, 2010… Fallon Ambulance Service, the region’s largest independent, family-owned ambulance service provider, was been named to the 2010 Boston Business Journal’s Book of Lists as one of the region’s largest family-owned businesses.

Published in a special issue compilation that pays tribute to “the who’s who in Boston business,” the lists provide a unique source to track the progress of local sectors and the key companies within them.

Listed as the 12th largest family-owned business in the area, the fourth generation Fallon Ambulance Service has been a leader in the medical transportation industry for 87 years.

“We’re honored to once again be named to the Boston Business Journal’s prestigious Book of Lists; it is a credit to the entire family and to our fine team of professionals,” said Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President of Fallon Ambulance Service.

About Fallon Ambulance

Fallon Ambulance Service traces its beginnings to 1923 when James R. Fallon, Sr., established the company; it remains a family-operated business to this day. Mr. Fallon’s son, James R. (Ray) Fallon, Jr., served as President and owner from 1974 until his death in 2002. Today, Ray’s son Timothy J. Fallon serves as President and Owner. Tim’s step brothers, Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President and Normand Racicot, Vice President, also work to represent the third generation of the Family Business. Fallon Ambulance employs more than 700 personnel, and operates more than 150 vehicles. Fallon Ambulance is the 9-1-1 provider for the municipalities of Milton, Quincy, Brookline, Weymouth, Braintree and Dedham and provides primary backup to Boston and Randolph. Fallon Ambulance provides medical transportation for Partners HealthCare, which includes the world-renowned institutions of Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as two Partners community hospitals, Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, and Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Ma.

Fallon Ambulance Service additionally provides medical transportation for a number of area medical facilities including nursing homes, hospitals, and HMO’s throughout Greater Boston. In addition to its headquarters at 111-115 Brook Road, West Quincy, the company operates satellite offices throughout its coverage area. Fallon Ambulance Service is a several-time recipient of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s “Success Profile,” and the “local heroes” award by the South Shore Community Action Council. For additional information about Fallon Ambulance Services or programs that the company offers, contact Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President, at (617) 745-2117 or visit www.fallonambulance.com.