YORKVILLE — For the better half of a year, the village of Yorkville has been without an ambulance.

Fire Chief Jesse Cordery said he first noticed that the ambulance started having electronic difficulties in mid-2024.

“First the screens started going out, getting dimmer and dimmer to the point that I couldn’t see them,” Cordery said. “I got a quote for the screens to get fixe,d but around the same time the squad started acting up more and more with not starting or shutting down mid-drive.”

He added that the ambulance has major electrical issues that could potentially require a total electrical replacement. He said the control panels, multiplex nodes and wiring harnesses need to be repaired.

In addition to a motherboard, he said the ambulance needs three new Vista IV screens with a progr

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