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“They love it,” said Clarkfield Emergency Medical Services President Stan Kaatz about his crew’s reaction to their newly remounted ambulance. “They really do. We completely re-did the inside and all the controls. They call it a remount, but it’s really like a completely new ambulance. Our old patient compartment is the same but they re-did everything in it and they rolled a completely new chassis under neath it.”
Kaatz said that the ambulance crew has already made a couple of runs with the newly remounted 12-year-old rig and already the crew has been impressed by the new updates and features.
Principally among the new features that the crew has noticed is the rigs new 4-wheel drive chassis. Kaatz said that with winter coming on, ambulance drivers are excited to have the ability to use 4-wheel drive when the weather turns sour.
“With 4-wheel drive, the big thing is that it makes the driver more confident. We don’t have a hospital here in Clarkfield. So, no matter what the emergency is, or what the weather is, we have to travel to Montevideo, or Granite Falls, or Canby with the patient.
“... And with that new chassis, it’s such a smooth ride.”
Also included in the remounted ambulance is a new GPS system, reconfigured cabinets for updated medical tools and supplies and a new electrical control system.
The electrical control system came by way of an $8,500 donation from F&M Bank Minnesota. The system allows Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) the ability to use a touch screen interface to control and monitor all of the ambulance’s electrical systems.
Though maybe not as practical as the other updates added to the remount, the ambulance also has a new eye-catching look, courtesy of DC Signs of Montevideo, with purple striping and signage that announces the rig as Clarkfield’s ambulance.
“We’ve had so many comments on how nice it looks and the graphics we got from DC Signs,” said Kaatz.
“But none of this could be possible without all of the support we receive from the Clarkfield community and without all the hard work of our crew. I’m just really proud of our crew and all their hard work.”
“They love it,” said Clarkfield Emergency Medical Services President Stan Kaatz about his crew’s reaction to their newly remounted ambulance. “They really do. We completely re-did the inside and all the controls. They call it a remount, but it’s really like a completely new ambulance. Our old patient compartment is the same but they re-did everything in it and they rolled a completely new chassis under neath it.”
Kaatz said that the ambulance crew has already made a couple of runs with the newly remounted 12-year-old rig and already the crew has been impressed by the new updates and features.
Principally among the new features that the crew has noticed is the rigs new 4-wheel drive chassis. Kaatz said that with winter coming on, ambulance drivers are excited to have the ability to use 4-wheel drive when the weather turns sour.
“With 4-wheel drive, the big thing is that it makes the driver more confident. We don’t have a hospital here in Clarkfield. So, no matter what the emergency is, or what the weather is, we have to travel to Montevideo, or Granite Falls, or Canby with the patient.
“... And with that new chassis, it’s such a smooth ride.”
Also included in the remounted ambulance is a new GPS system, reconfigured cabinets for updated medical tools and supplies and a new electrical control system.
The electrical control system came by way of an $8,500 donation from F&M Bank Minnesota. The system allows Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) the ability to use a touch screen interface to control and monitor all of the ambulance’s electrical systems.
Though maybe not as practical as the other updates added to the remount, the ambulance also has a new eye-catching look, courtesy of DC Signs of Montevideo, with purple striping and signage that announces the rig as Clarkfield’s ambulance.
“We’ve had so many comments on how nice it looks and the graphics we got from DC Signs,” said Kaatz.
“But none of this could be possible without all of the support we receive from the Clarkfield community and without all the hard work of our crew. I’m just really proud of our crew and all their hard work.”
