Suburban Ambulance Service (1985)Bill Kleiber sent in a new set of pictures from "back in the day" when he worked for Suburban Ambulance Service. These fantastic pictures are a great representation of what Suburban was like back in the mid-80's.
Thank you, Billy!
* Do you have pictures you would like to share? If so, please contact me. Credit is given for every photo submitted.The owners of Suburban Ambulance Service; Ronnie Swann (R) and Dennis Reno (L). Ronnie Swann also worked for Birmingham Fire & Rescue as a Paramedic on Rescue 6. Sadly, Ronnie passed away a few years ago...
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Suburban Ambulance Service on a run with Birmingham Fire & Rescue in Roebuck...
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Suburban Ambulance Service on a run with Birmingham Fire & Rescue in Roebuck...
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4 Suburban Ambulances lined up...
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Bill Slaughter (sunglasses) with other Suburban medics...
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Unknown Suburban Paramedic with 415 and other units...
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1985 Gulf Shores Code Team Competition. From left to right: 1. Dwight Wren, Sr.; Currently retired from Centerpoint and Hoover Fire Departments and is enjoying life. 2. John Bresnan, currently the Chief of Homewood Fire Department; 3. Rusty Lowe, currently a Lieutenant with Hoover Fire Department; 4. Frank Wampol, currently a Captain with Hoover Fire Department...
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Greg Collins and Chip Cartledge...
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429 and 5 other Suburban Ambulances...
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Another view of 429 and the 5 other Suburban Ambulances...
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Suburban medics unloading a patient from an ambulance in the days before one person could unload the stretcher. I wonder how many people have bad backs because of those old stretchers...
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Damage to Suburban 418. Billy tells me that 418 was bought from B&B Ambulance (Fultondale) in May, 1980...
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Damage to Suburban 418...
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Damage to Suburban 418...
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Birmingham Fire & Rescue and Birmingham Police Department...