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UPDATED: FEBRUARY 26, 2023 AT 3:09 PM

ROY, Utah — Roy City Fire and Rescue, Station 31, changed their growing old fleet with two model new ambulances. And on Saturday, KSL acquired an inside take a look at the brand new ambulances.

The station went into service final week and has already gone out on calls. They stated this provides their firefighters and first responders a approach to supply higher affected person care.

When requested if crews might inform the distinction between these new ambulances, their solutions had been a powerful “Yes.”

“Plenty of power: It gets us where we need to go,” stated Jake Rast, Battalion Chief.

Morgan Palmer has labored as a firefighter and superior emergency medical tech with Roy City Fire and Rescue for the final 12 months and a half. She has observed a giant distinction after working and driving the brand new ambulances.

“It’s bigger – more spacious – lets us get ready quicker for those fire calls,” Palmer stated.

“Even though we are a fire department, most of what we do is medically related,” Rast added.

Last 12 months, he stated, they ran 6,078 calls. Roughly 90 % of these had been medical calls.

“I think we average right around 21 calls a day, at times last year,” Rast stated.

KSL noticed that play out in real-time as their station acquired a name.

“Everyone has a job,” stated Palmer.

When requested their favourite a part of the brand new ambulances, their unanimous reply was area.

“The size of the compartments. It gives firefighters going on calls more space to work and better patient care,” stated Rast.

In addition to extra cupboard space… they are saying there’s additionally extra room on both facet of the affected person to supply care.

“You can hang fluids from both of these, so if people need medications via IV lines, we can hang those. Those are newer. It stabilizes the bag, too,” stated Palmer.

They stated it additionally gives a smoother journey.

“There are people pulling to the left. There are people stopping. There are people going to the right, so you have to be basically NASCAR!” stated Palmer.

The new coloured gentle choices are one other telltale signal the ambulances are new. In this case, the blue lights are identified to be extra calming for sufferers and everybody readily available.

“We all do our best. We’re all trained. We’re all trained all the time. Every day is a training day for us,” stated Rast.

All firefighters on the station put on a variety of hats as they’re all EMT-advanced. To assist them assist you, they ask if seeing an ambulance with sirens on and lights flashing, pull over to the best when you possibly can safely.