High Performance EMS

JUNE 5, 2025

Increasing pressure on limited EMS resources suggests benefits to a more detailed appreciation of the precise nature of any unit or crew in this generic status. In the 1980’s, Jack Stout introduced the idea of Unit Hour Utilization (UHU) as “ the cost of doing business.”

UHU 100

UHU Ambulance Unit Hour EMS 100

High Performance EMS

MARCH 18, 2021

Then, although the absolute distance from the incident scene to the closest facility is fixed, the best route is not always the same during each hour-of-the-day or day-of-the-week given traffic, weather, or other active incidents. As achievements are made in one aspect or another, then previously neglected objectives rise in importance.

UHU 130

UHU EMS Ambulance Unit Hour 130

High Performance EMS

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Even shorter temporal variation On a shorter scale of time, differences are also recognizable by day of the week or even hour of the day. The early morning hours of these business days also exhibit patterns found with early waking habits and the increased vehicle traffic and population movement.

UHU 130

UHU BLS Unit Hour Emergency Medical Services 130

FirstWatch

AUGUST 9, 2023

Providing automated Annual Compliance Reports (ACR) allows your agency to allocate expensive resources to things other than data gathering and reporting. The FirstWatch system provides Individual and Configurable dashboards using Interactive Data Visualization (IDV) with multiple windows of information.

Firefighter 52

Firefighter Public Safety Unit Hour Medical Transportation 52