ambulances – Hasso Hering

Medics in heavy traffic: Neatly done!

Written April 4th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Picture this. A bunch of drivers including me are stopped in heavy traffic at one of Albany’s leading intersections for crashes. Suddenly behind us, lights and sirens. An ambulance is bearing down.

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Tags: ambulances, lights and sirens, traffic

When the ride seems like a cure

Written January 9th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 27 responses.

You can’t know how excellent a service the ambulance crews of the Albany Fire Department provide until you try it out. Twice in the last two weeks I had the unwelcome opportunity to do just that.

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Tags: Albany Fire Department, ambulances, COVID-19, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center

Get out of the way, but how?

Written April 27th, 2015 by Hasso Hering

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Most afternoons, around 4 and 5 p.m., Albany’s Pacific-Ninth one-way couplet is a busy place, traffic plugging all available lanes, backing up at lights. And when you hear sirens and see the flashing lights, what you’re supposed to do to let the emergency vehicles through is impossible and may actually hold them up.

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Tags: ambulances, driver manual, emergency vehicles, Ninth Avenue, Oregon rules of the road