Paramedics in Jindabyne and Perisher Valley are issued alpine equipment including heavy jackets,balaclavas and ski gloves.
But their neighbours in Tumut,Batlow and Tumbarumba are entitled to one pair of thermals,cotton pants and shirts and the same jacket that is worn in Sydney,though they respond to emergencies from the Selwyn skifields to Cabramurra,which is the highest above sea level populated town in Australia.
"It's a joke,isn't it,"Mr Larter said."We only need to drive 10 kilometres out of Tumut and we're in the absolute extreme."
There are six paramedics at Tumut,four at Batlow and five at Tumbarumba.
Twenty years ago they were issued with Gore-tex equipment,but Mr Larter wrote to the Ambulance NSW chief superintendent requesting new gear when he realised it was falling apart and would not last another winter.
Mr Larter requested cold weather gear on June 2,but southern sector chief superintendent Brian White replied in an email seen by Fairfax Media:"Prior to approving any request for cold weather clothing to the three stations I will need to know the number of times they have been dispatched to the snowfields over the past three years."
Mr Larter said this indicated a disregard for paramedic safety.