Paramedics at Wellington Ambulance Station say vandalism which continues to plague them is unacceptable and it may prevent officers saving lives.
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Acting station officer Brendan Morris says three recent break-ins at the station have raised serious concerns.
"It is my hope that a review of security may be undertaken at Wellington Ambulance Station, and steps put in place to protect the assets of NSW Ambulance (and therefore the community), and those of the paramedics who park their private vehicles on station while on duty," Mr Morris said.
Zone manager Lisa Huggins said increasing security was very important to us and a review would show what measures were needed at the Wellington Ambulance Station.
The state Member for Orange Andrew Gee inspected the station on Monday along with Acting Duty Operations manager Glenn Flanagan and Acting station officer Brendan Morris.
"I will take this up with the NSW Minister for Police and Emergency Services Stuart Ayers and let's see if we can help," Mr Gee said, adding that he would look at various funding options.
Paramedics showed where thieves had cut through holes in the fence at the station and also indicated spots where vandals had worked their way in.
Paramedics are suggesting beefing up CCTV at theambulance station and also constructing a high security fence around the perimeter of the station.
Paramedics site three incidents recently which are deeply affecting their work
In late August, a large hole was cut in the security fence for someone to gain access to the compound.
Thieves appear to have attempted to steal more driving lights from an ambulance vehicle but were unsuccessful.
Thieves covered the top of the security fence with some padding (to avoid the barbed wire), and entered the compound. They stole a LED Light bar driving lights of one of the paramedic's private vehicles. The value of these were about $1000. A large hole was cut in the security fence that surrounds the ambulance station compound. A battery charger (that was charging a fully marked ambulance vehicle) was stolen. This rendered the ambulance vehicle un-drivable. This happened in a period of 40 minutes during the middle of the day, when paramedics were responding to an emergency in town.
