ATCEMS Station 36 /AFD Station 50 Tour
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- Almost exactly one year ago, we broke ground on the newest addition to the public safety family: Fire/EMS Station #50/36, located in the Del Valle/Moore’s Crossing neighborhoods in southeast Austin. At noon today, the station came on line, ready to respond to the citizens in that area! This state-of-the art project was designed by @PGALdesign, built by @JEDunnConstruction, managed by @atxpubblicworks, and is the first of the "five new stations in six years" resolution the City Council approved in May 2018. Built on more than 12,000 acres near the @COTA track, a total of thirty (30) Firefighters and nine (9) EMS personnel are assigned there, along with two fire apparatus and one ambulance. The station features a 6,000 sq. ft. building to house demand ambulances, special event trailers, and specific EMS related support vehicles, as well as a fueling station. It was also designed to achieve a three-star rating in Austin Energy’s Five Star energy efficiency system.
Mayor Pro Tem Delia Garza stopped by this morning with her daughter to see the new station, which serves District 2’s constituents. This project was near and dear to her heart, and we are grateful for her perseverance and steadfast leadership in seeing this project to fruition. We couldn’t have done it without her!
Special thanks to Mayor Steve Adler, City Manager Spencer Cronk, and the entire City Council for their support of these new stations to help reduce response times in rapidly growing areas of the city.
Due to COVID-19, no grand opening ceremony was held; we hope to do that at some point in the future. In the meantime, if you’d like to “see” the station for yourself, check out this video tour with AFD Division Chief Tony Haden and ATCEMS Division Chief Wes Hopkins, who both oversaw the project for their respective agencies.
(Photo/video credit: Chris Wilkinson, Austin Fire Department)
(Photo credit: Elizabeth Ferrer, Austin Public Works; Video credit: Chris Wilkinson, Austin Fire Department)
This is exactly what I wish we could see in my city and all across the US, a metropolitan third-service EMS system, not private companies that run ambulances or fire departments that take up the roles of EMS providers. A comprehensive, community-based EMS system is something I dream of... but in all seriousness, EMS is in desperate need of being recognized as an essential service, and one completely separate and independent from the currently recognized Police and Fire. We deserve a government funded service that ensures the quality of emergency medical services delivered to the community as well as the working conditions and the pay that EMS clinicians receive. EMTs and Paramedics who work in private ambulance companies are grossly underpaid and both private services and fire-based EMS are overwhelmed by the current demand for ambulance services. Shoutout to ATCEMS for this amazing system in place!
Is that station typical of your facilities?
While describing how the new station has individual dorm spaces, you show us a double bedroom. ?? If you can't see the potential problem with that then it's time to reassess your leadership training.
Relax....Typically only one of the beds will be used. It also allows the oncoming crew member to place their belongings on their bed, and if the off going crew member had a rough night, they can take a safety nap. I don't work there....But where I am, we have the ability to turn off alerts in the bedroom so that we can sleep in before driving home without interruptions.
Nice masks.
It’s a video from 2020…
It's so painful to hear y'all struggling to breathe in those masks.😢
Yeah, they really bought into it.
Yeah they’re really not…
LOL no one is struggling. If you struggle to breath through a cloth or surgical mask, you need to work on your cardio.
@@LKS-1976 Yeah, it's almost like when you take care of sick people, you should take proper steps to ensure your safety and your patient's safety.