From the Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District Facebook page:
It’s a girl!!! And she’s beautiful! 307″ long, 14,968 pounds! She’ll be on the streets in roughly two weeks. We’ll post more pictures as we get closer to the in-service date.
Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District photo
Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District photo
We bid adieu to old Medic 614, a 2006 International Lifeline with 140,000 miles, and has served as a reserve ambulance sine 2012.
Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District photo
#1 by crabbymilton on September 3, 2020 - 9:18 AM
I would imagine in the case of mayor Washington, it was probably clear that they couldn’t do anything for him so having that many people piling in the ambulance was likely a makeshift honor guard type thing.
#2 by ttguy on September 2, 2020 - 6:28 PM
Anyone recall seeing the footage of the late Mayor Washington being transported from City Hall in the back of a Type II ambulance. So many people climbed on board that I doubt any care could be rendered on the way to the hospital. Kind of reminiscent of the scene when Lee Harvey Oswald was transported from the Dallas Police Department in the back of that Ford station wagon ambulance with numerous people packed into it.
#3 by DaveyB on September 2, 2020 - 4:43 PM
FFPM571, more times than I can remember.
Dan, also consider that vans have better mpg’s than the boxes.
#4 by crabbymilton on September 2, 2020 - 6:48 AM
That is fairly accurate. A non emergency transport is fine for use in a van type. It does show how far things have advanced. CHEVROLET SUBURBANS and CADILLAC hearse based ambulances were the norm. Nobody would even consider those now.
#5 by FFPM571 on September 1, 2020 - 8:11 PM
Private ambulances are 90% transfers to and from nursing homes and Dr Appointments. The ones that do Critical care do have box type III or larger. Ever Try working a full code or trauma in the back of a van? I am pretty sure Dan never has..
#6 by Drew Smith on September 1, 2020 - 10:15 AM
I disagree that a van and a Type I or III body can do the same job. All of the fire departments I am familiar with carry turnout gear, SCBA, some hand tools, as well as other equipment that just doesn’t fit in a van (Type II) ambulance. Our FD also carries PFDs (life jackets), rehab supplies, and MCI kits on our ambulances. Soon we will add ballistic PPE. Again, vans don’t have storage room. Mostly though, in a van you can’t work from both sides of the cot. Bad traumas, full arrests, and crashing patients require multiple caregivers in the patient area and vans aren’t well suited for that.
#7 by Dan on September 1, 2020 - 1:53 AM
I find it interesting that government fire departments seem to buy the biggest, mostly box type ambulances while private ambulances for the most part choose to buy smaller, van type ambulances, even though both do the same job.
#8 by Michael m on August 31, 2020 - 6:57 PM
Nice looking ambulance!