Denver Ambulance Purchases a new Ambulance

By Rod Diercks 

          Recently Denver Ambulance Service purchased a new ambulance.  The new ambulance closely resembles the old unit.  For years the ambulance service only had one unit.  “Four years ago we were looking at a way to cover the newly opened bike trail and we were already looking into getting a second unit for back-up and for use on multiple patient calls,” said crew chief Teresa Diercks. At that time the crew put together a committee and was recommended to purchase a van type unit because of its size to cover the trail.  “But as time passed we found out that the smaller rig was just too hard to work out of," said Diercks.

    So once again a committee was set up led by Assistant Chief Marty Elbert.  After much discussion it was decided to get rid of the smaller van type unit and to purchase another unit similar to the Modular Type III unit.  Assistant Chief Elbert says, “It makes much more sense to work out of units that are set up about the same and gives us a lot more room to work out of.”  The new unit cost around $93,000.  "This money does not come from city taxes", said crew member and councilman Rod Diercks.  The ambulance service handles all their own money.  Most of the money comes from patient billings and investments. 

          With this addition, Denver Ambulance now has two up-to-date, state of the art ambulances.  Also this past year they added a medic cart to cover the football games and any other special events.  Crew Chief Diercks says, "Right now we are set pretty good".