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Three surplus ambulances to get new homes By Ron Giofu A trio of surplus ambulances are finding new homes. Essex County council agreed with a request from Essex-Windsor EMS to donate the surplus ambulances to Erie Shores Healthcare, the Nunavut Association of Municipalities and the Hospice of Windsor-Essex. Essex-Windsor EMS (EWEMS) chief Bruce Krauter pointed out that EWEMS replaced seven ambulances under the ongoing asset management plan in 2019 with six being trade-in assets with Crestline Coach and the proceeds placed into reserves. The seventh ambulance was placed into storage as a project was being discussed with a partner within the community to utilize the vehicle, he noted. In 2020, Krauter said EWEMS received approval to replace seven more ambulances and Krauter noted the vehicles “become trade-in assets with Crestline Coach, based on favourable returns, with the proceeds placed into reserves to help cover the inflationary increases of the new vehicles. The anticipated amounts received are expected to be consistent with historical amounts, $5,000 to $8,000 per vehicle.” Krauter noted that EWEMS was
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MERRY CHRISTMAS! — The River Town Times wishes everyone a very safe and Merry Christmas! Austin Warwick is experiencing his first Christmas and enjoyed meeting Santa Claus recently. approached in the fall by Erie Shores Healthcare (ESHC) “to explore an opportunity whereas ESHC would receive an ambulance to develop and implement their own interfacility transfer service for their patients Interfacility patient transfers are those either begin or end at ESHC and move to other hospitals, long-term care facilities or patient residents. Historically these transfers are completed either by EWEMS or by a third-party private transfer service. The current arrangement has been found to be expensive to the hospital budget, a burden to EWEMS with
low priority responses and the excessive out of hospital loss time for hospital staff.” According to Krauter’s report to county council, ESHC will try a six-month pilot project where ESHC would staff, stock and maintain their own vehicle to complete low priority calls. “It is anticipated that this project will be a success, one that has not been approached anywhere in the province and will benefit the entire region. If the project does not succeed, discussions shall take place to determine if the vehicle asset would return to the county or
remain under the ownership of ESHC,” stated Krauter. The donation to the Nunavut Association of Municipalities will see a serviceable ambulance taken to Quebec before being placed onto a ship and taken to Nunavut and used by the northern indigenous communities of the territory. Krauter described ambulance service there currently as “archaic,” noting they have to use pick-up trucks, wagons or off-road vehicles.
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