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I hadn't seen one of these before. It's a mini ambulance designed for fighting fires and other off road emergencies. It's owned by the Idaho Falls, ID fire dept. AMBULANCE
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that is nice,wonder what it weighs. looks top heavy.
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The article says it's not nearly as top heavy as it looks. The drivers get a special driving lesson including driving it on steep slopes.
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Looks cool, but I bet they couldn't steer it with me in the back.
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I'd hate to think that my life depended on a Polaris!
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My wife and I will not drive our Polaris any farther from our place than we care to walk. AND we have had to walk more than we like.
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Not much ground clearance
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I hadn't seen one of these before. It's a mini ambulance designed for fighting fires and other off road emergencies. It's owned by the Idaho Falls, ID fire dept. AMBULANCE Man, it would suck-azz to run a code in the back of that sardine can.
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It looks nice and clean inside!
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Try it in the back of a 500 defender helicopter.
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A department with money to burn. I'd guess that costs a ton more than a 4x4 van that could go to the same places that does.
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I'd hate to think that my life depended on a Polaris! Lmao
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Our local EMA has the same vehicle without the roof and sides. It is just an open back vehicle with a stretcher for carrying people out of remote locations. I've ridden in it and it will go places you'd think it won't.
Most people don't really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe is the truth.
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People around here complain about a rough ride when driven on paved streets.
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People who've only used a standard 4x4 can't appreciate what happens when a vehicle has front and rear lockers.
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Better odds than a [bleep] Honda.... I'd hate to think that my life depended on a Polaris!
“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
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I wonder why when the Army got rid of the GamaGoats we had, that they didn't give them to fire dept in the West, the Forest Service etc...
The ones we had that were set up for we Medics to use, were pretty deluxed out and highly capable, in a lot of environments.
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None of you all have ever lived in a real remote village.
That thing is a premium ALS ambulance compared to some of the methods that we've used to transport people from remote areas.
Some folks lives have depended on Polaris'.
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I wonder why when the Army got rid of the GamaGoats we had, that they didn't give them to fire dept in the West, the Forest Service etc...
The ones we had that were set up for we Medics to use, were pretty deluxed out and highly capable, in a lot of environments. I could of sworn you said you used a wagon and a mule to move the injured and wounded around when you were in!
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I wonder why when the Army got rid of the GamaGoats we had, that they didn't give them to fire dept in the West, the Forest Service etc...
The ones we had that were set up for we Medics to use, were pretty deluxed out and highly capable, in a lot of environments. My home town fire dept. has one for fighting grass fires
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