Editor's Note: We were sent this info...some very interesting info. We personally do not have the required knowledge of the situation to say "Yea" or "Nay" to Brian Gibson's businesses. We welcome rebuttals:
It’s No Wonder Ambulance Executive Bryan Gibson Is Named After A Guitar...
He Plays Communities Then Leaves Them Standing On A Corner.
*Fool’s
Gold: Bryan Gibson is at it again. After abruptly closing emergency
medical transport operations in six states and putting hundreds of
people out of work, Bryan Gibson is now setting up shop in new locations
in Tennessee and Alabama. And he’s stealing employees from other EMT
operations. Do those employees know how Gibson folded his tent and left
scores of families without jobs and towns in six states scrambling to
restore ambulance service.
Priority Ambulance CEO Explains Layoffs At Previous Company
March 6, 2014
A
lawsuit also alleges Gibson had been moving ambulances to his personal
private ambulance business in Alabama and here to East Tennessee before
the company filed for bankruptcy.
First Med CEO Talks, Employees Call His Bluff
March 11, 2014
In
a 9 On Your Side Investigation - sources told WNCT it was always
Gibson's intentions to run First Med into the ground. “When he started
telling us to fly first class and to upgrade our hotels, yea that was a
red flag.” Gary Poirier is a former First Med executive. He joined the
company in 2009 and says when Gibson fired him, the company was in good
shape. “There was a 70 million dollar swing to the positive.”
*You
know him by many names: Why does ambulance executive Bryan Gibson use
so many different company names, depending on where he is operating?
Because when one goes belly-up like First Med EMS, which he served as
CEO, he can hide the failures. This is not the kind of “shake, rattle
and roll” we need in our community.
State Of Emergency!
December 9, 2013
Bertie County officials declared a State of Emergency here Monday
morning after learning its emergency medical provider has opted to
abruptly end service to the county only two months in to a five-year
agreement.
*It
appears Bryan Gibson also owns and is the CEO of Shoals Ambulance in
Alabama and Priority Ambulance in Tennessee. How long before he takes
assets from these companies and leaves town just like he did with First
Med? We don’t need an ambulance operator who is so quick to change his
tune.
First Med Shuffles Resources Prior To Bankruptcy Filing
Dec. 17, 2013
The
EMS provider that declared bankruptcy, leaving Bertie County in a lurch
is on the move. Following up our investigation, 9 On Your Side
uncovered new pictures that prove the company's CEO was moving
ambulances before filing for bankruptcy.
*Dead
or Alive Sang “You Spin Me Right Round Baby, Right Round:” But there is
no “spinning what Gibson did to First Med EMS. Brought in according to
the company’s own propaganda to help with “expansion and acquisitions” –
presumably because of successful, healthy operations – Gibson instead
ran the company into the ground. He shut the doors without notice, or
consideration to the communities the company served, or the employees
that relied on it.
First Med EMS Shuts Down Bertie County Operations
Dec 09, 2013
...Monday
morning county officials learned the ambulance provider had closed
down. In October the county hired First Med to provide emergency rescue
service...
*The
Grinch, But Worse: At least The Grinch felt remorseful, but not Gibson.
First Med EMS shut its door after it ran out of cash, laying off so
many employees right before the holidays. This is not the kind of
conscientious partner we need in our community.
How First Med Stole The Holidays
Mass Layoff Ruins Christmas For EMTs And Their Communities
December 10, 2013
...It’s
a sad state of affairs when an organization simply rolls down the
shutter and locks its doors with no warning to its members. While I’d
like to think there was some deliberation among senior leadership in the
days and hours leading up to the decision, it certainly doesn’t seem
like it.
*They
Failed. And Then They Quit On Families. All companies can have a hard
time, some may even need to go through bankruptcy court. But Bryan
Gibson’s First Med EMS didn’t even try. They just closed their doors
stranding families at the worst time of the year.
Bankrupt First Med Fails To Pay Former Employees
December 13, 2013
The
pain continues for employees of bankrupt First Med EMS, as the company
fails to provide compensation to nearly 2,000 workers.
Former First Med Employees In Hampton Roads Join Class-Action Lawsuit
January 30, 2014
Employees are seeking back pay for no notice before companywide layoffs.
*Political
Animal: Lacking merit or an enviable track record of accomplishment,
Gibson relies on playing the political game to get contracts and curry
favor. With political contributions to candidates or timely donations to
the pet causes of elected officials. Merit and saving lives not money
and politicians who like it should be the yardstick for service. In
Scottsdale, Arizona Gibson oversaw a disastrous $200,000+ independent
campaign to install friendly councilmembers. He failed, and the company
he used to work for was harshly criticized in local media.
Southwest Ambulance Keeps Funding Campaigns
October 28, 2010
The
corporate political spending, which is separate from candidates'
campaigns, raises the question of just how far corporations will go to
sway voters after a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing
corporate and union funding in elections.
*Traveling
Man: Like many hucksters that travel from trick to trick in town to
town, Gibson is now playing in other places he hasn’t yet failed. Like
Alabama, Tennessee, Arizona and New York. Let’s hope these states aren’t
the next ones to suffer from Gibson hitting the wrong chords, just as
he has so far in Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
Virginia, West Virginia and Michigan.
Life Ambulance Files Bankruptcy
Dec. 17, 2013
The owners of Life Ambulance officially filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Wednesday,
five days after it closed several affiliated stations across seven
states. Because of the proximity to Christmas, some connected to Life
Ambulance stations are conducting an emergency toy drive among the EMS
community to ensure people who lost their jobs can provide Christmas to
their children.
*The
Gibson Guitar is the wrong instrument for effective emergency services
in our area. He spent a lot of time in Arizona, Gibson did, where The
Eagles once famously sang about “standin’ on a corner in Winslow,
Arizona.” It may not be in Winslow, but Gibson will surely play
communities in Arizona, Alabama, and Tennessee like he has others,
leaving us stuck and standing with little left for EMS.
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