Downtown Fresno residents are fed up with all the noise from the very people who rush out to save lives everyday.
Neighbors say American Ambulance has become a nuisance.
The people who live next to american ambulance took their complaints to city hall this morning. They want the emergency services company to move.
Joe Morales took some home video, at about 3 am, of the ambulances across the street.
He lives across the street from American Ambulance, near Tulare and Highway 41.
He's been there 30 years. He says when the sirens go off, he and his family lose sleep. He even left the camera rolling one night while he was sleeping to try and prove his point.
"24 hours a day, 7 days a week, non-stop! This is ridiculous!"
Morales wants to make it clear that he's not trying to stop American Ambulance from saving lives. He just wants the company to relocate.
It's been there 10 years. He says the employees are not abiding by company policies of neighborhood courtesy. "I got them at 3 o'clock in the morning, me and more neighbors playing with their sirens in the parking lot to say hi to each other."
Edgar Romero, American Ambulance: "Our policy is that they are not used in the parking lot. We don't engage lights and sirens, even just to test them."
Neighbors say paramedics are also not looking out for pedestrian safety. Morales worries for the kids that come and go from nearby Jefferson Elementary School.
American Ambulance says its trying to be a good neighbor, but there are state laws that paramedics have to abide.
Romero: "As we're responding code 3, there are certain thing we have to do when we're responding code 3. That's not just for our safety and the safety of our crew, but that's also for the safety of the community."
American Ambulance says state law requires lights and sirens when entering a major roadway when heading to an emergency.
This isn't the first time Morales and his neighbors have complained to the city.
He says he was promised by council members a few years ago that something would be done, but he's seen no results.
Council president Clint Olivier is looking into the matter, asking residents for more patience. "Find out the history. I know there may been some noise abatement the family's asked for that the city was unable to provide for them."
American Ambulance says the company will not relocate, but will work with Fresno city officials and residents on a compromise.
Council president Olivier says American Ambulance could be called in to a council meeting to provide a report of operations. He wants to see if the company has met the conditions of being located next in a neighborhood.
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