“Frequent flyer? “
It seems this Fire Chief knew her and this happens a lot.
I used to work at a church in my small Northern Commiefornia town and we would take food to the ER not quite every day but a few times a week and even as small as our town is, we would see the same person lying on a gurney in the hallway as a room was getting prepped for him or her.
It didn't happen a whole lot but for as small as our town is, it surprised me when it did happen.
The nurses referred to them as frequent flyers.