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Marketing a Fire-Based System
Franklin D. Pratt, MD
Medical Director
Los Angeles County Fire Department
302 16th Street
Santa Monica, California 90402
fpals@ucla.edu
Background:
Dr. Franklin D. Pratt is the Medical Director of the Los Angeles County Fire Department and a
Medical Director of the Torrance Memorial Medical Center Emergency Department. He has served
in these positions for 19 and 14 years, respectively. These positions have required expertise in
the clinical, financial, administrative, political and social aspects of medical relationship to the
fire service.
In addition to these leadership and administrative positions, Dr. Pratt is a Clinical Assistant Professor
of Emergency Medicine at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Vice Chair of the Los
Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Commission. Dr. Pratt has been involved in the
full range of EMS activities starting as an Emergency Trauma Technician in the UCLA Emergency
Medicine Center in 1974.
Dr. Pratt’s interests and achievements in EMS have recently been directed towards public
policy and an inter-professional perspective on the people and systems providing patient care.
Completion of the Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and
Local Government in June 2005 and the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard School of
Public Health National Preparedness Leadership Initiative in June 2006 has strengthened these
interests and professional activities.
Dr. Pratt is the American College of Emergency Physicians representative to the NFPA 450 Technical
Committee on Emergency Medical Services. He is also a member of the NFPA 1710 Technical
Committee on Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations,
Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments.
He is an original member of both Committees.
Currently, Dr. Pratt’s clinical interests emphasize pre-hospital assessment and treatment of
cardiovascular and neurovascular emergencies. These interests support his participation as a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Heart Association. His spare time
is filled by his family, instrumental music, exercise and travel.
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