{"id":26447,"date":"2015-10-21T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T19:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=26447"},"modified":"2015-10-21T14:27:42","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T19:27:42","slug":"new-swan-river-ambulance-to-improve-safety-comfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2015\/10\/21\/new-swan-river-ambulance-to-improve-safety-comfort\/","title":{"rendered":"New Swan River Ambulance to Improve Safety &#038; Comfort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0186079\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-26448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079-228x171.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0186079.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>ValleyBiz Story |<\/p>\n<p>Swan River received one of 12 new replacement ambulance units allocated to Prairie Mountain Health as part of a recent government announcement to enhance the provincial ambulance fleet. <\/p>\n<p><em>Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> Above: EMS Manager, David Moriaux shows of the new ambulance to<br \/>\nMinister Ron Kostyshyn, MLA for Swan River.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The total $6.2-million investment to purchase 52 new replacement ambulances province-wide was unveiled September 1, 2015.  The new ambulances will help provide a more comfortable and safer ride for patients while reducing the risk of injury to paramedics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0026008\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0026008.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"S0066022\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/S0066022.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After extensive research and testing, the ambulances will have what is known as \u2018liquid-spring suspension\u2019. Testing took place over the course of a year to make sure the system would work in all types of Manitoba weather. Costs for the new suspension system are included in the full ambulance vehicle cost.<\/p>\n<p>The new ambulances also have improved safety features to support safe operation of the vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ValleyBiz Story | Swan River received one of 12 new replacement ambulance units allocated to Prairie Mountain Health as part of a recent government announcement to enhance the provincial ambulance fleet. Click any picture for a larger version. Above: EMS Manager, David Moriaux shows of the new ambulance to Minister Ron Kostyshyn, MLA for Swan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-26447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}