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The Washington Volunteer Fire and Rescue department has been chosen by the Loeb Foundation to receive a $145,000 grant for a new Advanced Life Support ambulance, according to Chief Ann Spieker.
WVFR made application earlier this year with a request to purchase new or to re chassis the old ambulance for two thirds the cost. Re chassis is not as favorable a choke as new EMS requirements on design are required. Russ Collins, a medic for Washington, wrote the grant request that was approved.
The Jesse and Rose Loeb Foundation provides financial support to local charitable organizations. Past recipients include the Amissville Volunteer Fire and Rescue and the Fauquier Free Clinic.
The Washington ambulance needing replacing, built in 1997, is over 10 years old, with some 93,000 miles on the engine and chassis. This ambulance has became unreliable as the real axle was knocked off several years ago when the ambulance hit a rock in a narrow driveway: This has resulted in continuing rear seal/alignment problems, according to Spieker.
The old ambulance also had water contaminated fuel in the engine and has never been right since. Despite a series of repairs it continues to suffer power loss which is evident on steep hills. Over the last year, the ambulance had to abandon four emergency calls due to mechanical problems. Those calls were covered by other county ambulances so patient care was not in jeopardy: said Spieker.
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