DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — It’s the last weekend for Bike Week at Daytona Beach. With thousands of people already there celebrating, the main focus continues to be safety as first responders navigate the large crowds. 

​The Daytona Beach Fire Department used motorcycles to get around. It’s called Motor Medics and it’s packed with all the essentials they need so that in an emergency they weave through the packed streets.

Birdie Guzman watches the foot traffic from her pop-up store on Main Street. She sews patches for bikers looking to customize their jackets. She said it’s crucial for first responders to be able easily to tend to an emergency.

"Sometimes you'll hear about 10, 11 o'clock you'll just see like the tempo of the bikes," Guzman said. "You'll hear it like rise. Op it's starting, and then you know all the people are here that's like the parade up or down, up or down."

Guzman describes it as the heartbeat of bike week, making it the busiest time on the weekends.

"I couldn't imagine if, say if you had to air flight somebody you know, how are you gonna do it here? how is an ambulance gonna get in? And how are you going to move these bikers that are all rolling back and forth? You just aren't, you know," Guzman said.

That’s where the Motor Medics step in.

"This is a unique situation where you have all these bikes and it's very hard to get a fire truck in and out especially closer to Main Sreet," said Lt. Scott Hughes, with Daytona Beach Fire Department.

Hughes and Lt. Ryan Bigger said they bring out the motorbikes during the big events.

"We carry I.V. setups, medications and whatnot. A lot of the stuff that you'd find on a typical ambulance or fire truck, we've condensed down and put them in these bags," Hughes said.

The pilot program began in the mid-1990s and since then it’s evolved.

"You had spring break that was very big at the time. You had Bike Week, you have the Daytona 500. All these events created this situation where we had to come up with a solution to respond to these events in a timely manner. And so that's where the Motor Medic Team was born," Hughes said.

They solve medical issues in a swift and timely manner, something Guzman appreciates in the chaos of Bike Week.

"The rumble of the sound of the motorcycles in the music that drifts through, is is sort of the heartbeat that happens," Guzman said.

Hughes says they receive anywhere from 10 to 25 calls each night.

The Motor Medics program with the Daytona Beach Fire Department began in 1994.