Tactical ambulance to support Wyoming SWAT team

AMR-Cheyenne put a TEMS unit wrap on an older ambulance for joint responses with the Cheyenne SWAT team

September 01, 2021 09:37 AM

The new wrap on an older ambulance is for TEMS support at SWAT incidents.

By Greg Friese

CHEYENNE, Wyo. 鈥� AMR-Cheyenne unveiled a new tactical ambulance dedicated to the AMR Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) team.

The AMR-Cheyenne TEMS team, according to a , is deployed jointly with the Cheyenne Police Department SWAT team and provides medical treatment to those involved in high-risk police calls.

The vehicle is an older vehicle that received a new wrap, reported . Cheyenne-AMR has been planning the vehicle for three years and says that it鈥檚 good to have a new vehicle exclusively for different responses.

鈥淲e鈥檝e had a team for about 3 years attached to the SWAT team,鈥� Cpt. Derek Hendren, Tactical EMS Coordinator told Wyoming News Now. 鈥淭he vehicle is something we鈥檝e been working on for about that amount of time and just got it done about a week ago. We鈥檙e excited to have it. We do train several times a month so it will be out and about. Doesn鈥檛 necessarily mean the SWAT team is out so if you see it don鈥檛 be alarmed.鈥�

The AMR TEMS team trains monthly with the Cheyenne Police Department SWAT team.