Animal Hospital Ambulance Event Guide

The wiki's documentation is specific: First starts on Shift 5, then roughly every five shifts, per the wiki's Events page. Dr. Harlow announces an anomaly attack in town; six patients arrive in critical condition through the ambulance.

The announcement matters mechanically. Dr. Harlow's voice line is the cue to stop starting long desk sequences: a patient mid-photo can finish, but a new check-in should wait if the siren is seconds away. Players who treat the announcement as noise start the surge with a full desk, occupied rooms, and no extinguisher in reach — the three-loss combination.

The six-patient surge is also the game's biggest room-management test. Normal shifts flow one patient at a time through the desk; the ambulance delivers a queue at once. The event therefore rewards a different skill than the anomaly check: logistics. Which room frees up next, which patient burns, which bed receives the worst critical.

The surge's signature complication is the burning patient. Community documentation is consistent on the tool: the fire extinguisher handles a burning patient directly, and hand-extinguishing alternatives are reported as slower while creating more downstream treatment work. The free extinguisher shelf sits right of the Supplies Shop from Shift 3, which is why this guide calls Shift 3-4 the preparation window.

The extinguisher's other documented jobs compound during the surge: it defeats Hiders hiding in the rooms you need to fill and cleans Slimebert slime left by the hazmat event. One tool, three surge-relevant uses — carrying it is not optional for a clean event.

Firefighter-class players carry the self-recharging Special Fire Extinguisher from the July 25 update, and Security or Paramedic loadouts cover the rest of the surge roles. The class page's role table maps who does what if your squad argues about jobs.