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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 for 2008
- Calls involving fire/rescue: 218
- Calls involving EMS : 2120
- Total calls: 2467
- resulting in 2659 man-hours used on the scene
- Total BLS calls: 964
- resulting in 2123 man-hours
- Responded to structure fires with a total value of $1,416,600.00.
- The total losses of those structure fires was $759,500.00, which represents a 60.46% save of loss potential
- Responded to vehicle fires with a total value of $323,000.00
- The total losses of those vehicle fires was $140,000.00 which represents a 67% save of loss potential
Hours for October 2009
- EMS Incidents - 166
- Fire/Rescue - 10
- Man-hours used on incidents -289
- Regular weekly training hours - 286
- Schooling hours - 364
- Fund raising/other - 346
Total Incidents for October- 176
Total Hours for October - 1859
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
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