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Beginning Jan. 1 the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District subcontracts with American Medical Response to provide emergency ambulance transport service in most of Contra Costa County. The district ambulances will be rebranded as pictured. "We started the branding in December," said fire chief Jeff Carman. "Our ambulances will say Contra Costa Fire - EMS, but state law requires that AMR also be listed on the ambulance."

The existing ambulance fleet will sport the white color scheme and as new ambulances join the fleet in 2016, they will be painted red, matching the color to be used in all district apparatus.

Carman said that the reserve ambulances were painted first, and would be dispatched only in case of equipment failure prior to January. - Nick Marnell