AURORA | Amidst the heavy and deep snow clobbering Aurora and the front range, a Falck ambulance had to make an urgent, non-emergency run after midnight last night near South Buckley Road and East Kenyon Drive in south Aurora.
The ambulance got stuck in the snow. So ambulance drivers called for a back-up ambulance to come and get the patient, in “non-critical condition,” fire department officials said in a statement.
The second ambulance got stuck in the snow.
At about 2 a.m., an Aurora Fire and Rescue crew arrived and pulled the ambulance out of the snow.
It took less than 15 minutes according to officials.
Firefighters arrived in a Brush 13 Type 3 4×4 wildland engine. It is typically used for wildland fires but has been upstaffed during the snowstorm to assist stranded motorists and emergency vehicles that become stuck in the snow, officials said.
The freed ambulance was able to transport the patient to the hospital.
“Our team is proud to serve our community in any circumstance,” AFR Fire Chief Alec Oughton said in a statement. “Using our resources to pivot from fires to snowstorms speaks volumes about the skills of our firefighters. We are dedicated to doing whatever it takes to provide exceptional care, protection and support for our community.”
Coming back from a call earlier in the evening, firefighters shed a little light on some neighborhood fun among teenagers taking full advantage of a school “snow day.”
High school students from Cherokee Ridge High School were out snowboarding at around 9 p.m. Thursday night. They had created some jumps in the snow an Aurora firefighting crew returning from a call provided some lighting on the snow hill for them for a short while. Left, Firefighter Brooke Simms, and right is Firefighter Mitch Andrews. PHOTO COURTESY OF AURORA FIRE RESCUE
A handful of high-school students were out at about 9 p.m. in the snow making turns and jumps with snowboards and skis on a hill near Cherokee Ridge High School in southeast Aurora.
The students “had created some jumps in the snow and our crew provided some lighting on the snow hill for them for a short while,” fire department spokesperson Dawn Small said.
What role did diverting city funds to priorates other than the fundamentals, streets, water, sewer, fire, police, what role did diversion of funds play in this situation that could have been fatal with a different patient? Including – legal fees and settlements that we could have done without with better leadership?