Paramedics are on track to move into the new ambulance station next to Yass Hospital by late October or early November.
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Member for Goulburn Wendy Tuckerman announced that construction was completed during a first look at the new station on Monday.
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The station is waiting on internet, radios, phones and computers before the paramedics can relocate, NSW Ambulance's Vanessa Cliff said.
Seven paramedics and three ambulances will be based at the station, NSW Ambulance Superintendent Mark Gibbs said.
The station includes relief accommodation, a meeting and training room, locker room and bathrooms, administration and office areas, a temperature-controlled medical storage unit, staff room and kitchen, internal parking for ambulance and staff vehicles, and an external wash bay.
Construction of the station took just over 12 months, beginning in September 2018, with a short pause in February when bricks found during construction were investigated by the Office of Environment and Heritage.
Superintendent Gibbs said the new station, just over 350 square metres in size, was more fit-for-purpose than the existing, two-storey station on Meehan Street by Banjo Paterson Park.
"There's better staff rest and recreational areas for important downtime. There are the staff amenities, meeting and training room and offices. It's a modern building," he said.
The existing station was built in 1955 and will be offered to other government agencies.
A plaque at the existing station, honouring two medical personnel from Yass who lost their lives on the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur, will be relocated to the new station.
Yass paramedic Belle Green and NSW Ambulance Inspector Andrew Long said the new station was fabulous and that they were eager to move.
The relocation to the hospital will improve response time for patients, Southern NSW Local Health District director of clinical operations Nicola Yates said.
"This will have a huge benefit for the hospital," she said. "At small hospitals with few staff, they rely on first responders. So the proximity means if the hospital staff call on paramedics, they will be able to get there quicker."
Health staff are investigating the installation of solar panels to supply electricity to the station, Health Infrastructure project director Anastasia Koutsamanis said when asked by the local member if there were solar panels at the station.
Local member Mrs Tuckerman said she thought the new station was "fantastic".
"It's a great facility. This is about making sure people who work in the front line have a great working place. It's great to see the state government investing in that," she said.
The new station is part of the Stage Government's $122 million Rural Ambulance Infrastructure Reconfiguration program, which also includes a new station in Goulburn and a station for the first time in Bungendore.
The new Yass Ambulance Station is the first station to be completed in the Goulburn electorate under the program.
Construction of the new station in Goulburn should be completed by early 2020 and in Bungendore by October 11, NSW Ambulance's Ms Cliff said.
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