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Dugway ambulances get warm, cool shelter

By Al VogelFebruary 11, 2021

The new 40X40-foot ambulance garage is attached to the ambulance station beside the west parking lot of the command building. “The garage has both heating and cooling to protect the supplies and equipment from extreme temperatures” noted Civil...
1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The new 40X40-foot ambulance garage is attached to the ambulance station beside the west parking lot of the command building. “The garage has both heating and cooling to protect the supplies and equipment from extreme temperatures” noted Civil Engineer Kent Hawkins.
Photo by Al Vogel, Dugway Public Affairs
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A red ribbon to welcome the new ambulance garage in English Village was cut Feb. 3, 2021. The heated and air conditioned two-unit garage eliminates snow or ice removal from vehicles, cutting five minutes off response time....
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A red ribbon to welcome the new ambulance garage in English Village was cut Feb. 3, 2021. The heated and air conditioned two-unit garage eliminates snow or ice removal from vehicles, cutting five minutes off response time.
Left to right: MICC Contracting Officer Paul Frailey, Civil Engineer Kent Hawkins, Garrison Manager Aaron Goodman, EMS Coordinator John Mittelman (cutting ribbon), and DPG Commander Col. Scott Gould.
Photo by Al Vogel, Dugway Public Affairs
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A new ambulance garage was recently dedicated at the EMS station in English Village, west of the Dugway Proving Ground command building. The 40X40-foot structure was especially welcomed by Emergency Medical Services personnel who previously parked their vehicles outdoors.

Exposure to annual extreme temperatures from -15 to 105 degrees froze and overheated medical equipment and supplies. Now, medical personnel no longer scrape ice from windows and headlights before going on a call.

“It has shaved off response time by five minutes,” said John Mittelman, EMS Coordinator and a longtime paramedic on Dugway.

The last time ambulances stood under cover was approximately 2012, when they used the former Dugway Army Hospital. They were moved to the new Dugway Health Clinic about that time.

Installation Management Command in San Antonio funded the new garage project. Local offices working together included Directorate of Public Works (DPW), Emergency Medical Services, DPW Contract Management, DPW Engineering, Chenega Facilities Management, Network Enterprise Center, Dugway Fire Department, Mission Installation Contracting Command (MICC), MICC Engineering and Construction Consulting Management, the contractor based in Saratoga Springs, Utah.

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