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New ambulance shed cuts response time

By Al VogelMarch 9, 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...
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 Credit: Al Vogel, Dugway Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL
A red ribbon to welcome the new ambulance garage in English Village was cut Feb. 3, 2021 at Dugway Proving Ground....
2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A red ribbon to welcome the new ambulance garage in English Village was cut Feb. 3, 2021 at Dugway Proving Ground.
The heated and air conditioned two-unit garage eliminates the need for 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 Credit: Al Vogel, Dugway Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL

A 40X40-foot garage was dedicated Feb. 3 at Dugway Proving Ground, providing heat or air conditioning to shelter ambulances and their medical equipment and supplies from seasonal temperatures that may range from -15 to 105 degrees. The garage also eliminates the need for ambulance crews to scrape ice from windows before going on a call.

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

The last time ambulances at DPG’s English Village housing and administrative area were parked under shelter was approximately 2012, when the hospital closed and was replaced by a smaller clinic.

Installation Management Command in San Antonio funded the ambulance garage project. Local offices working together on DPG 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.

A red ribbon was cut by Mittelman to begin the use of the two-unit garage. Others in the ceremony were Col. Scott Gould, commander of Dugway Proving Ground; Aaron Goodman, Garrison Manager; Kent Hawkins, Civil Engineer; and Paul Frailey, MICC Contracting Officer.

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