Mike Suber, a paramedic at Fire Station 8, grabs his pack from the ambulance after arriving at a house where a child had lodge a small object in her nose on Oct. 20, 2009. The city is just weeks away from approving the first of three phases of annexation. A vote this month would finalize the first 1,900 acres to be annexed, and most agree the city is prepared to take on that area. However, the second phase will mean big changes. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/The New Mexican)

Mike Suber, a paramedic at Fire Station 8, grabs his pack from the ambulance after arriving at a house where a child had lodge a small object in her nose on Oct. 20, 2009. The city is just weeks away from approving the first of three phases of annexation. A vote this month would finalize the first 1,900 acres to be annexed, and most agree the city is prepared to take on that area. However, the second phase will mean big changes. (Luis Sanchez Saturno/The New Mexican)