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THANKS A LOT, TAYLOR. THE CITY OF ALABASTER CELEBRATING NEW DEVELOPMENTS TONIGHT THAT WILL MAKE RESPONDING TO MEDICAL EMERGENCIES FASTER. TODAY THEY LAUNCHED THEIR OWN AMBULANCE TRANSPORT SERVICE IN HOPES OF CUTTING DOWN RESPONSE TIMES. ��������13’S ERIN LLEWELLYN SHARES MORE FROM 45 MINUTES. OUR LIFE IS ON LIMITED. BORROWED TIME TO JUST A FEW. THAT’S THE NEW EXPECTED WAIT TIME FOR AN AMBULANCE FOR ALABASTER RESIDENTS. WE WON’T HAVE TO WAIT LONG PERIODS OF TIME ON SCENE WAITING ON A THIRD PARTY AMBULANCE COMPANY TO COME IN. BUT ALABASTER FIRE DEPARTMENT DEBUTED TWO NEW AMBULANCES ON WEDNESDAY, HELPING ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM. THAT TIME. THAT IS SPENT IN THE DURATION OF WAITING ON ONE CAN BE A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH. ALABASTER FIRE CHIEF CLIFF DYSON SAYS THERE WERE TIMES PATIENTS HAD TO WAIT FOR AMBULANCES TO COME FROM GARDENDALE, OR EVEN FURTHER, DRIVING UP THE ON SCENE TIME FOR THE DEPARTMENT WHILE IT WAITED FOR THIRD PARTY RESPONDERS TO COME. THE THIRD PARTY COMPANY HAD FEWER MEDICS, SO THEY HAD FEWER TRUCKS TO MAN IT. SO IT KIND OF CREATED. WITH THE ISSUE WHERE WE NEEDED TO DO IT IN-HOUSE. MANDY HILL LIVES IN CLANTON, WHERE SHE SAYS RESIDENTS RECENTLY VOTED TO INCREASE THEIR CAR TAG FEES TO FUND AN AMBULANCE TO SERVE CHILTON COUNTY. I’M WILLING TO PAY THAT TAX FEE TO SAVE SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE BECAUSE IF THAT’S YOUR FAMILY MEMBER, YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE IT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SHE SAYS SHE KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT HAVING ACCESS TO AN AMBULANCE IS, BECAUSE SHE’S SEEN IT FROM BOTH SIDES. THERE HAS BEEN PEOPLE AT THE HOSPITAL THAT HAS LITERALLY WAITED HOURS FOR AN AMBULANCE TO GET THERE. I’VE BEEN IN THAT SITUATION AS WELL. THEY KEPT ME STABLE, BUT I’VE ALSO BEEN IN ONE WHERE IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK. IN TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. SO NOW WHEN RESIDENTS HEAR THIS SOUND, THEY’LL KNOW MEDICAL ATTENTION IS CLOSER THAN THEY THINK. THEY’RE STILL HUMAN BEINGS TOO, AND EVERYBODY DESERVES TO HAVE AN AMBULANCE IN THEIR COUNTY THAT