Guest guest Posted January 11, 2006 Report Posted January 11, 2006 I wanted to read about the ambulance chase and it does not come up when I click your link. Is this correct? A few years back a Houston private called Unique Ambulance has one driven off while they were unloading in SE Houston & the ambulance was recovered. A EMS joke that went around Houston then was. How do you steal an ambulance? Unique up on it! I remeber another incident when HFD left one running in the middle of Main Street in Downtown. A homeless guy took off in the rig and crashed after HPD tried stopping him. Now days GPS pays for itself. Back in 1993 when I was President of Texas EMS Corporation we put GPS in our rigs the GPS made dispatching a much easier task knowing exactly where each unit was at any given time. May you all have a happy new year! Louis Bernhardt www.e-ambulance.net Teens face charges after stealing ambulance - Arlington / Grand Prairie Teens face charges after stealing ambulance 09:28 AM CST on Monday, January 9, 2006 WFAA-TV Two teens face charges this morning after allegedly stealing an ambulance. An Arlington ambulance crew was transferring a patient in Grand Prairie. When they came out, their ambulance was gone. Using GPS, police tracked it to Grapevine. There were no patients inside the vehicle at the time it was stolen. http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaaa060109_lj _ambulance.5e23f2a1.html This happens several times a year. I would just like to remind everyone of the following from the Texas Transportation Code. § 545.404. UNATTENDED MOTOR VEHICLE. An operator may not leave the vehicle unattended without: (1) stopping the engine; (2) locking the ignition; (3) removing the key from the ignition; (4) setting the parking brake effectively; and (5) if standing on a grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the highway. E. Tate, LP Whitehouse, Texas What’s stopping you from joining EMSAT? http://www.TexasEMSAT.org --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – Showcase holiday pictures in hardcover Photo Books. You design it and we’ll bind it! Quote
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