Stolen Ambulance
Ambulances are regularly stolen from hospital emergency departments and incidents. Locking the ambulance is an absolute duty and should be a policy for every agency, as well as a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt.
Here’s why locking the ambulance should be a policy for every agency and a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt
The medic narrates what happened when two people stole an ambulance while he was sleeping in the back
The Kansas City Fire Department ambulance was stolen from the emergency bay at Research Medical Center, police say
The Fort Worth engine sustained minor damage and was found about two blocks away
The Buckeye Valley Fire District is also considering adding a person to each crew to monitor the rig
EMS providers were tending to a patient when they noticed the vehicle was missing
Pa. police stopped the stolen rig more than 20 miles away
Video shows how officers blocked in the ambulance as the driver pulled into a gas station
A Kunkel Ambulance spokesperson said employees were cleaning the rig between shifts when Vanessa Armstead got in and drove away
The man crashed the ambulance, injuring the trapped provider, before fleeing and later stealing a Tanner Fire Department fire truck and crashing it, as well
Video: A Pharr EMS ambulance was stolen earlier this month while EMS providers were taking a patient into Mission Hospital
Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people
Vanessa Armstead was rescued from Irondequoit Bay last year, but the ambulance sank
Phillip Shane Bradford overpowered the sheriff’s deputy who took him to the hospital and fled in an ambulance, the sheriff’s office said
The ambulance was taken from Sherman Oaks Hospital and struck the other vehicles about three minutes later; none of the injuries were reported to be serious
Police are looking for the person who got into the parked rig as providers were responding to a call
Bushkill Emergency Medical Services employees said they left the ambulance parked when they took a patient into Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
Police found the stolen Mescalero Apache Tribe rig less than a mile away from a medical center, and they later found Dustin Poolaw
Before calling EMS, Greer police found the man under a house
The driver ran into oncoming traffic on an Ill. interstate before being tackled by officers
After the rig was uncovered, police were forced to use a fingerprint scanner to identify the man, who was determined to have a history of mental illness
The suspect fought a nurse and two officers before fleeing the hospital sans gown and stealing an ambulance from a crew unloading a patient
The ambulance reportedly went over 100 mph and eventually crashed
The courtroom battle over Jose Gonzalez’s competency to face charges in the murder of Yadira Arroyo continues
Police said Nicholas Albano put a crew member in a headlock and punched them repeatedly
EMS providers were getting ready to unload the patient from the ambulance when he got into the driver’s seat and took off
The driver got on and off several freeways before eventually crashing
A police aircraft tracked the ambulance as it drove through Sacramento
Patrick Ford, 31, stole the vehicle while it was on display for the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association
Matthew Thomas Cook, 34, was pulled over for a traffic stop before allegedly stealing an ambulance in an attempt to flee pursuing officers
Police pursued the stolen ambulance through four cities before they were able to subdue the suspect and take him into custody
