{"id":110007,"date":"2015-08-26T23:34:15","date_gmt":"2015-08-27T05:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/los-pinos-fire-donates-ambulance-to-sccc\/"},"modified":"2015-08-26T23:34:15","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T05:34:15","slug":"los-pinos-fire-donates-ambulance-to-sccc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/los-pinos-fire-donates-ambulance-to-sccc\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Pinos Fire donates ambulance to SCCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4008fba3-bdb7-402c-b920-e5c1adeed98a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4008fba3-bdb7-402c-b920-e5c1adeed98a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=800 800w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4008fba3-bdb7-402c-b920-e5c1adeed98a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1200 1200w, https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=4008fba3-bdb7-402c-b920-e5c1adeed98a&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 2000px\" width=\"2000\" height=\"952\" alt=\"Southwest Colorado Community College emergency medical services coordinator Troy Salazar accepts the keys and title to a retired ambulance from Los Pinos Fire Chief Larry Behrens.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Southwest Colorado Community College emergency medical services coordinator Troy Salazar accepts the keys and title to a retired ambulance from Los Pinos Fire Chief Larry Behrens.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis will be great for the EMS program and it gives students a practical tool to learn how to work out of an ambulance,\u201d Salazar said.<\/p>\n<p>The 1999 ambulance has been retired from the Ignacio department\u2019s fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s one thing to learn CPR, but to do it in a moving ambulance, that is another story,\u201d said Los Pinos Fire Chief Larry Behrens.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Schmitt, Pueblo Community College\u2019s chief academic officer and currently serving as interim executive dean of the SCCC\u2019s branches in Durango and Mancos\/Cortez, concurred with Behrens\u2019 assessment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe college is proud to give this vehicle a second life while providing students a real-life learning laboratory on wheels,\u201d Schmitt said. \u201cThere is no classroom experience that compares with hands-on, experiential learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Salazar said he plans to get the ambulance painted with the college logo and will use it for student trainings at simulations as well as to give them the opportunity to gain additional experience by riding in it.<\/p>\n<p>Fall semester started at SCCC on Aug. 24, and the spring semester begins Jan. 18. Visit www. EnrollSouthwest.org for more information or stop the Durango campus at 701 Camino del Rio or the Mancos campus at 33057 U.S. Highway 160.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Southwest Colorado Community College emergency medical services coordinator Troy Salazar accepts the keys and title to a retired ambulance from Los Pinos Fire Chief Larry Behrens.Courtesy photo \u201cThis will be great for the EMS program and it gives students a practical tool to learn how to work out of an ambulance,\u201d Salazar said. 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