LifeStar 911 Departs with a Blast

Back at the beginning of December, LifeStar 911, the ambulance service that leases the property directly behind my house, announced it had outgrown that space and was in search of a new location somewhere in the county. They really have grown in the two years they've been there, from a few vehicles to what now looks like quite a fleet. Their service has also greatly expanded, and they are operating weekends and even (I think) overnight.

Having them as my neighbors to the back is a mixed blessing (which is probably true of any neighbors anywhere...so you've gotta love good fences). The crews seem to be pretty nice and there is usually a friendly exchange of greetings when they're washing the ambulances and I'm out at the cars in my parking area. It's good to have a lot of activity, too, at all hours, just to keep the riffraff down or out.

There are trade-offs, too. I've written previously about the light-spill affecting our movie nights, because they blast their lights pretty hard.

These pictures from October 2010 show the light encroachment somewhat dramatically.

I'm not always able to sleep through the "beep-beep-beep" of the ambulances backing up, although it's better since they relocated the parking arrangement from the back of their property to the front along Broad Street. (That beeping back-up noise even occurred at 5:30 am Christmas morning!)

And speaking of backing up, looks like there was a mishap on Christmas Eve morning, over this past weekend.

I have all ideas that the fellas in charge at LifeStar 911 are not going to be very happy with the crew members who made this mess, right before they end their lease here!