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James Osborn

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May 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/23/99
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All in all, I think that the Mayfair guys were the unsung heroes of the
show. I mean, they also risked their lives running codes, and they were
always willing to help the Paramedics. Does anyone know is Mayfair is still
around?

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J. Osborn

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Mig954

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May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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<<Does anyone know is Mayfair is still
around?>>

They never were. It was a fictitious ambulance service. I think it was Bob
Cinader who made them up.

They are still my heros though. They are the real reason I became a paramedic!

Gian


RESQENG36

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May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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I know tha t" shaeffer" ambulance is a real service and i swear that mayfair
was as well and was bought out by either medtrans or ruyal metro....

www.angelfire.com/biz2/rescue1
"this is our town and dont you forget it..{BANG}..."kevin tighe in roadhouse.

Mig954

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May 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/25/99
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Schaffer and Goodhew are real services.

The Emergency! Companion by Jim Page said Mayfair was indeed fictitious.

RESQENG36

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May 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/26/99
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no prob.. my bad

Ken Koller

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May 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/26/99
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mig...@aol.com (Mig954) writes:
> Schaffer and Goodhew are real services.

FYI, Goodhew was bought out by AMR three years ago. Schaeffer is still around.

Ken Koller
kko...@earthlink.net
EMT, American Medical Response, Los Angeles, CA
http://westarm.bc.ca/Ken_Koller/fireline.html

Your blood and guts, my bread and butter


Mig954

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May 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/26/99
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I'm glad there is still a service around that has not been gobbled up
......yet.

Brian Humphrey

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May 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/27/99
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James Osborn wrote in message <7ia3gv$doj$1...@remarQ.com>...

>All in all, I think that the Mayfair guys were the unsung heroes of the
>show. I mean, they also risked their lives running codes, and they were

>always willing to help the Paramedics. Does anyone know is Mayfair is
still
>around?


james, you probably missed the FAQ answers I provided at some of the
EMERGENCY! werbsites.

There never was a Mayfair ambulance company in SoCal. The vehicles you saw
during the entire run of EMERGENCY! were from the film rental unit of CHASCO
(California Hearse and Ambulance Sales Company), a division of Van Nuys, CA
based Snyder Ambulance. The Mayfair signs were attached by the property
department at Universal Pictures Television.

I worked as an EMT for Snyder and had a couple of film car assignments, but
long after EMERGENCY!.

FYI: CHASCO film car units were (along with Schaefer) used regularly in
CHiP's and many other popular series of the era.

Brian


James Osborn

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May 28, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/28/99
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speaking of AMR, does anyone know if AMR bought LC Taylor Ambulance
(Detroit, Mich) from MedTrans? I know that they bought out the crippling
United A.S. about 3 or 4 years ago and have done wonders for it since then.
Just wondering, because I haven't seen a Taylor rig in almost a year.
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J. Osborn

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Ken Koller wrote in message <7ihf9n$402$1...@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...

Tom Scott

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May 29, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/29/99
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AMR merged with MedTrans, lock, stock and LC Taylor in 1997.

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Tom Scott


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RESQENG36

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May 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/31/99
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i do know that amr is cutting 2200 jods in the north east and south....it
includes florida in that list . we are hoping "ruyal metro" comes in and saves
all of our jobs. tensions are high.. theyve already been cutting upper
management. and the way we are percieved in the community i would expect our to
get cut...soon...

L.A. Clear.............. KMG941
www.angelfire.com/biz2/rescue1


ishani

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May 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/31/99
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HUH?

RESQENG36 wrote in message <19990531110427...@ng-bd1.aol.com>...

RESQENG36

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May 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/31/99
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this originated from a comment about AMR a couple of weeks ago...ambulance
company

L.A. Clear.............. KMG941
www.angelfire.com/biz2/rescue1


CitizenX

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May 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM5/31/99
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I saw one of Schaeffers ambulances last week in LA it said on the top
Schaeffer-Cole, they must have merged.

jared

Brian Humphrey

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Jun 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/1/99
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Jared, appearing as "CitizenX" understandably assumed...

>I saw one of Schaeffers ambulances last week in LA it said on the top
>Schaeffer-Cole, they must have merged.


While there have been many mergers and buyouts of commercial ambulance firms
in Southern California, the Schaeffer firm - and their (Pomona area?)
Schaeffer-Cole division have not been part of that scheme.

While I am not sure at the moment of when and how the "Cole" name came to be
associated with Schaeffer (in that region only), the Schaeffer-Cole division
has been in existence for as long as I can remember. It is not the result of
any recent merger.

Brian Humphrey


Ken Koller

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Jun 1, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/1/99
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"Brian Humphrey" <brian.h...@prodigy.net> writes:
> Jared, appearing as "CitizenX" understandably assumed...
>
> >I saw one of Schaeffers ambulances last week in LA it said on the top
> >Schaeffer-Cole, they must have merged.
>
>
> While there have been many mergers and buyouts of commercial ambulance firms
> in Southern California, the Schaeffer firm - and their (Pomona area?)
> Schaeffer-Cole division have not been part of that scheme.

The Cole-Schaeffer division of Schaeffer Ambulance runs only in the San Gabriel
Valley cities of Pomona and West Covina.

tx...@aol.com

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Aug 1, 2014, 8:46:28 PM8/1/14
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On Sunday, May 23, 1999 2:00:00 AM UTC-5, James Osborn wrote:
> All in all, I think that the Mayfair guys were the unsung heroes of the
> show. I mean, they also risked their lives running codes, and they were
> always willing to help the Paramedics. Does anyone know is Mayfair is still
> around?
>
> --
> J. Osborn
>
> <WARNING> Contents under pressure May explode when heated, shaken, or
> stirred.

I saw an old newspaper add from 1974 saying that Mayfair had purchased a nother ambulance company and promissed to honor membership of the other company and encouraged others not members to join,this was in pencilvainia, so i must conclude that they did exist at one point in one place if not currently or in LA.

Chris D.

prdonn...@gmail.com

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Aug 31, 2015, 9:18:29 PM8/31/15
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The Mayfair ambulance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was a neighborhood ambulance service that solicited memberships from the community. They like other struggling community ambulance services took over services that failed in surrounding areas. Most of them faded out as more paid services grew throughout the area.
The mayfair ambulance in the Emergency series was fictitious and consequently not connected with the services in Philly.
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