[willcipriano]

They don't provide the service to the firefighters, they provide it to the patient at a massively inflated cost.

[MichaelCollins]

They do both, they are related but distinct services.

[JshWright]

What service do they provide to firefighters? That's like saying a concert hall provides a service to the taxi cab driver who drops off a patron.

(Paramedics do _way_ more than just provide a taxi service, but that's the bit that's relevant to the analogy)