Police said a man accused of stealing an ambulance from a Houston hospital and leading officers on a chase Tuesday morning is in custody.

ABC 13 reports the man had already been arrested Monday for burglarizing a home. The man, who was not immediately identified, was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital after complaining of an unspecified injury during his initial run-in with the law.

Police said the suspect grew angry when he couldn’t use the bathroom at the hospital Tuesday. An officer handcuffed the man and a fight between the two erupted, leading to a chase through the hospital.

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Police said the man made it outside the hospital where an ambulance crew was unloading a patient. The man is then accused of driving off in the Houston Fire Department ambulance.

The chase ended when the man hit a parked car. He was taken into custody after a brief SWAT standoff with officers, police said.

By Alan M. Petrillo

Samaha Associates PC has designed and built about a dozen fire stations for Fairfax County, so when the county talked to them about being involved in a project that was to be built by a private developer and then turned over to the county, Samaha was all in on the project.

“It was interesting to work with a developer and not the jurisdiction that has experience in building fire stations,” says Samaha Associates senior project manager Ken Cahoon. “The developer has experience in building high-rise buildings, but not public service buildings with all their different features and requirements. We had to advocate with them for what we do and how we do it, especially with a lot of the features found in typical fire stations, such as Plymovent direct capture exhaust systems for each of the apparatus, and four-fold apparatus bay doors that open exceptionally quickly, as well as all the controls and gadgets that go along with such systems.”

Cahoon says the Tysons area outside of Washington, D.C., is undergoing massive redevelopment efforts. “The construction of four new metro stations in Tysons have been the catalyst for this redevelopment, and by 2050 plans are to transform Tysons from a suburban office center into a high-density, walkable, green urban center for people to live, work, and play,” he says. “As a result of this rapid development the local jurisdiction saw a need to increase its public safety capacities and public amenities in the area. The Scotts Run Station South mixed-use development includes 17 separate multi-story buildings ranging in height from 75 feet to 400 feet, so the developers were required to set aside land and finance the construction of specific public safety and community amenities. Scotts Run Fire Station 44, along with multiple parks, and transportation infrastructure were developed as part of these proffer conditions.”

Cityline Partners hired Samaha Associates for the design of the new fire station, which is on a sloping site that required a multi-level compact design solution by the architect. Cahoon says the new three-bay, 13,850-square-foot fire station was designed and constructed by the Cityline/Samaha team, along with Trinity Group Construction. After construction, the building was transferred to Fairfax County, which provides the staffing and operations at the facility.

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Alexis—Cerro Gordo (IL) Fire Protection District super tanker. Spartan FC-94 MFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm pump; 1,800-gallon polypropylene water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; Trident FOAMATE ATP 2.1 single-agent foam system; Newton 10-inch electric stainless steel swivel dump valve; #304 stainless-steel body. Dealer: Stan Froelich, Alexis Fire Equipment, Alexis, IL.

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