As of Wednesday, March 1, a Austin-Travis County EMS crew will be on site at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), as part of a pilot program.
As of Wednesday, March 1, every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., a crew will be on site, according to ATCEMS Division Chief Stephen White.
The fire station, next to the runways at the airport, is set up for flight emergencies The pilot program keeps the firefighters out on the tarmac by having the paramedics in the terminal. "And it's very frustrating for them to have to go to the airport to wait an hour, to wait to be escorted in. And they feel like that they're not available for their community, and they hear calls being told out. So then other ambulances from other parts of town have to come in and help, and they just want to take care of the, you know, neighborhoods and community that they're in.
Fuentes sponsored the pilot program ordinance. She told FOX 7 the one-year study is expected to cost $460,000.
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