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Arizona Fire Department Saves Money by Building Ambulance

Buying local to replace an aging ambulance has provided big savings for an Arizona fire department. Yuma Fire Chief Steve Irr discovered a new unit typically costs $210,000. But Irr and Fleet Manager Floyd Friar instead elected to save the …

Nebraska City Says Newest Ambulance is Lemon

Grand Island officials are asking a Wisconsin manufacturer to replace the central Nebraska city’s newest ambulance that has spent more time in the shop than transporting patients. The $200,000 ambulance came right off the assembly line and went into service …

Man Dies in Crash with Oklahoma City Ambulance

A man was killed Saturday in Oklahoma City when the car he was driving collided with an ambulance that was en route to an emergency call, authorities said. The two vehicles were going in the same direction when the motorist …

Ambulance Driver Files Lawsuit in New Mexico Crash

A 19-year-old woman who was severely injured when a wrong-way drunken driver slammed into the ambulance she was driving on Interstate 25 near Santa Fe last December has filed a lawsuit in state district court. Vanessa Carrillo’s lawsuit names the …