Our 24x7 ambulance service provides fast and professional assistance in medical emergency situations in our communities.

Accomplishments

• All BLS units have been re-certified and licensed by the Pennsylvania Deptartment of Health
• Several firefighters have been nationally certified at the Firefighter I level and level II
• Several firefighters have been nationally certified at the Fire Officer I level
• Constructed two new facilities
  • A social building and a firehouse
• Upgraded rescue equipment

Statistics

• Respond to an average of 1000 Basic Life Support (BLS) calls per year
• Respond to an average of 250 fire and rescue calls per year
• In-house training is provided every Tuesday night, Wednesday morning, and the second and fourth Saturday mornings of the month

Types of alarms

• Calls involving fire: 58
• Ruptures: 1
• Rescue: 76
• Hazardous conditions: 22
• Service calls: 24
• Good Intent: 29
• False alarms: 17
• Total calls: 227
• resulting in 2174.6 man-hours used on the scene
• Total BLS calls: 964
• resulting in 2123 man-hours
• Responded to structure fires with a total value of $642,500.00
• The total losses of those structure fires was $214,750.00, which represents a 66.5% save of loss potential
• Responded to vehicle fires with a total value of $57,500.00
• The total losses of those vehicle fires was $5,5250.00, which represents a 90.8% save of loss potential

Hours for April 2008:

• EMS Incidents - 163
• Fire/Rescue - 22
• Man-hours used on incidents - 354.14
• Regular weekly training hours - 430
• Schooling hours - 413

Total Incidents for January - 776

Total Hours for the month - 1209.14

Age breakdown of active members

• 17 and younger: 3
• 18-25: 20
• 25-30: 7
• 31-39: 27
• 40-49: 25
• 50-59: 14
• 60-69: 4
• 70-79: 3
• 80-89: 1
• The average age of our active personnel is 35

Hours logged by category

• Regular weekly training: 2,450
• Schooling: 2,461
• Man-hours: 4,298
• Fund raising: 5,146
• Total hours provided: 14,335
• Approximate savings to municipalities: $200,970