Chartered in 1948, by the fathers of the
ambulance industry in Southern California, J.H. Goodhew,( Goodhew Ambulance
Service); Carl Dolphin, (Dolphin’s Ambulance Service); Walter Schaefer,
(Schaefer Ambulance Service); Ysidro Reyes, (Santa Monica Ambulance Service)
and O.B. Bowers, (Bowers Ambulance Service), it was then called the Southern
California Ambulance Association. In 1969, the association changed its name to
the Los Angeles County Ambulance Association. Today, the association represents
licensed providers in Los Angeles County and serves as a collective voice on
issues relevant to the ambulance industry. |