Two years ago, Seattle fire fighter and rescue worker, Paul Embleton arrived at HA with the dream of doing EMT training with the volunteer rescue workers, and MUCH more. He saw the need in 1997, while working with the Chief at the Bomberos headquarters in the capital.

Paul has been working with the volunteer firefighters in San Juan la Laguna to build a small station and clinic. They renovated this boat to serve as an ambulance, and Paul bought land in Santiago Atitlán near the Hospitalito so that there would be a dock to bring patients. A golf cart will be used for patient transfer from the dock to the hospital.

Paul came to Atitlán with a lot of great ideas, and he is completing them. The boat transferred it’s first patient this week.