BAINBRIDGE ISLAND — Olympic Ambulance will move one of its emergency vehicles out of the residential neighborhood where it’s been kept for several weeks.
The ambulance had been placed in the driveway of a single-family house to serve a newly opened urgent care center and its parent, Harrison Medical Center, but drew complaints from neighbors.
Bill Littlejohn, the Sequim businessman who owns Olympic Ambulance, said Bainbridge Island’s volunteer ambulance service hadn’t satisfied hospital officials.
“They wanted us to put a rig down there ‘right now,’ ” he said, “but we hadn’t found a permanent place to put it. It was kind of a rush-rush thing.”
Overnight housing
The problem wasn’t where to put the ambulance; it was where to house the ambulance crews who need overnight accommodations, he said.
“You have to have someplace for them to sleep,” Littlejohn said.
According to the Bainbridge Island Review, an ambulance had been parked at a home on Killdeer Lane near Meadowmeer Golf & Country Club, violating the city code.
The city’s code compliance officer was working with the ambulance service to give it time to relocate.
“The city understands that it’s no big deal,” Littlejohn said.
Olympic Ambulance probably will station the vehicle at the urgent care center soon and keep its crew in the house just off Northeast Koura Road, which Littlejohn said wasn’t far away.
According to the Review, the ambulance did not use its siren in the neighborhood.