Last Friday I was woken up at 3:30 AM. An ambulance door had broken a cable and wasn’t operable. Of course, that’s not a situation that can typically wait a week to address, so I drug myself out of bed and went to take care of it. That’s NOT where I’m going with this story:
We do a lot of work in support of first responders. We perform maintenance on overhead doors, exterior access doors, aircraft hangar doors, and almost anything else first responders need. We even work on jail cell doors and security gates from time to time! When you think about the importance of a simple door or gate, the conversation becomes critical when it comes to first response. Here’s why:
If the door in question had broken with the ambulance inside the building, and you’re Facebooking your way to work while eating a donut….happen to cut off a semi truck and get smacked….Is that door going to mean the difference between life and death for you or the semi truck driver?
There are things in this world that are easy to ignore. One of them is an ambulance sitting there waiting for you to have a bad day is supported by a whole team of people you’ll probably never meet. At the same time, their focus is on making sure that if you get into a situation they will be able to get you out of it!
Those people procure and maintain the ambulances, make sure medical equipment and supplies are in them. They build and maintain entire buildings and make sure there’s power and heat to keep everything perfect when you’re at your least perfect moment.
They maintain and fly helicopters and airplanes in case you need to be airlifted to a hospital or need an organ transplant. They spend countless hours making sure that fire truck is ready and they are fully trained for you to have a bad day.
They make sure that police car has had it’s oil changed on time, tires rotated and balanced, and it’s equipped to perform a million different tasks.
Yes, we maintain doors and gates and repair the buildings. We’re a very small part of a HUGE team of people who are diligently working to make your day less crappy, and hopefully help you live to see a better day.
Next time you’re rolling down the freeway and have to pull over to let a fire truck and 2 ambulances pass, please put your phone down and be thankful and in awe of the huge effort it has taken for your day to be slightly inconvenienced. THEN, when you get to the scene, make sure you slow down and give first responders room to safely do their jobs!
….And of course it’s important to call Dynamic Custom Services so we can be part of your team too!
