Lee County leaders said taxpayers are saving thousands of dollars as renovations continue on their ambulances.
“It’s huge. We’re certainly thankful for it,” said Fire Chief David Forrester. “It allows our responders to have nice new equipment but most importantly, equipment that is reliable to get to the emergency calls.” Responders are familiar with most of the new equipment except for one new addition — the backup camera.
“A lot of times we’re in driveways of residential areas where the driveways are narrow, hard to get out and the camera really helps us to be able to get out safely," said Forrester.
The vehicles are being updated by a company out of Atlanta.
"And (they) take the box off of the ambulance and reuse just the box and put it on a brand new chassis truck and they redo the box. So you virtually have a brand new ambulance."