Weymouth Awards Emergency Medical Services Contract to Fallon Ambulance

Fallon Ambulance Service, a three-generation, family-operated ambulance service with headquarters in Milton, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide municipal and ambulance services for the town of Weymouth.

The 65-year old company recently won the three-year contract and will be responsible for all emergency medical responses for Weymouth, providing 24-hour Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedic service beginning October 16, 2001. For the past 12 years, Weymouth had contracted emergency medical services with the nationwide company, American Medical Response, AMR, the largest ambulance service in the state.

Under the new contract Fallon Ambulance Service will be responsible for all emergency medical responses for Weymouth. The firm will work closely with both the Weymouth Police and Fire Departments.

Weymouth is a community of 53,000 residents and Peter Racicot, Senior Vice President of Business Development for Fallon Ambulance Service, estimates that service to Weymouth requires 3,000 to 3,500 transports per year for municipal emergency medical responses. Under the provisions of the agreement, Fallon Ambulance Service will receive medical direction from and work with the South Shore Hospital, as well as the Weymouth Fire and Police Departments. Two Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances will be garaged 24-hours per day - one at the company's 55 Woodrock Road location - and a second at a North Weymouth location and additional ambulances are also dispatched as required.

"We are very pleased to have this opportunity to work with the residents of Weymouth," said Racicot. "As a family-owned business we have fought hard to remain independent and provide service to the South Shore. This new contract positions Fallon Ambulance as the major presence on the South Shore. We currently provide services to Braintree, Milton, Quincy, Brookline and Dedham and we enjoy strong relationships with those communities as well as a great working relationship with South Shore Hospital."

Racicot added, "We understand the responsibility of providing superior care and immediate response time. We will work hard to be worthy of the confidence and trust that the town of Weymouth has placed in us."

Fallon Ambulance Service provides a number of community programs to benefit residents of the municipalities where they provide 911 coverage. The company participates in a number of outreach programs, including partnerships with schools; cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training for police and fire departments; ambulance tours, instruction in emergency medical care such as the use of defibrillators; and participation in health fairs.

Fallon Ambulance Service was founded in 1936 by James R. Fallon, Sr., and has remained a family operated business to this day. The founder’s son, James R. (Ray) Fallon, Jr., and five of his children have all played an integral role in the company’s operation and growth. Fallon Ambulance employs more than 400 personnel, and operates 115 vehicles. The company provides 9-1-1 service to Milton, Quincy, Brookline, Weymouth, Braintree and Dedham as well as primary backup to Boston and Randolph. Fallon Ambulance Service also provides medical transportation for a number of nursing homes, hospitals, and HMOs throughout Greater Boston. Headquarters are at 111 Brook Road, Quincy, MA 02169, and Fallon Ambulance operates satellite offices in Weymouth, Allston and Quincy, MA. A new state-of-the-art headquarters is slated for opening in Quincy in the Fall, 2004. 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 of Business Development, at (617) 745-2100, ext. 117 or visit www.fallonambulance.com.