NEW YORK, NY August 29, 2008 —New York City paramedics are on the way to Louisiana to help out if Tropical Storm Gustav makes landfall there.

Warren Golden, Chief Operating Officer of Citywide Mobile Response, says his company sent five ambulances and 10 EMTs with all the equipment they might need.

GOLDEN: We're carrying automatic defibrillators, we're have paramedic units that are carrying all their drug bags. It's a fully equipped ambulance by New York State standards.

REPORTER: The New York crews should reach Louisiana sometime tomorrow. The storm is expected to arrive early Tuesday.