Emergency Medical Services
La Veta Emergency Medical Services
La Veta Emergency Medical Services is a paid volunteer unit that responds in the 210 square mile La Veta Fire Protection District, including the nearly 20 miles of US Highway 160 that runs through the district, and both La Veta and Cuchara Pass. La Veta EMS provides volunteer emergency services for football games, rodeos, and other community events.
Background
La Veta EMS was originally founded as a quick response unit and later was moved under the umbrella of the La Veta Fire Protection District. The unit has changed over the years from a basic EMS unit to an Advanced Life Support unit.
La Veta Emergency Rescue
La Veta Emergency Rescue
La Veta Emergency Rescue Team
Extrication Exercise
La Veta EMS and Fire rescue personnel are commited to consistent, periodic training to stay well-practiced in the safe and most efficient manner of extricating entrapped patients from wrecked vehicles. Members of the community have been generous in donating wrecked or non-running vehicles to our department for the purpose of these trainings, and we have received the most up-to-date training on new and safer methods of auto extrication from DFPC personnel. We aim to continue to repeat these trainings multiple times a year, in order to provide the best response for the vehicle crashes that happen within our district.
La Veta Emergency Rescue
La Veta Emergency Rescue
La Veta Emergency Rescue Team
EMS Billing Company SDW
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La Veta EMS Vehicles
Currently, La Veta EMS has three 4x4 ambulances. Rescue 1 and Rescue 2 are stationed in La Veta at Station 1. Rescue 3 is stationed at Station 2 in Cuchara.
La Veta Rescue 1 is a 2009 ALS Unit
La Veta Rescue 2 is a 1999 ALS Unit
La Veta Rescue 3 is a 2017 ALS Unit
Engine 51 is a multi-purpose wet-rescue and extrication equipped engine, supplied with fire suppression foam.