How many EMTs are there in the United States?
Estimates about the US market suggest that it has: * 17,000 transporting ambulance services (includes fire departments) * 26,000 fire departments (most of which provide some sort of EMS and about half of which offer ambulance transport) * 52,000 ambulances * 600,000 EMTs * 142,000 paramedics * 1,009,000 firefighters (many of whom are cross-trained in EMS) It is not known how many individuals are involved in providing EMS worldwide.
