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 the year

• Calls involving fire/rescue: 143
• Calls involving EMA : 1473
• Total calls: 1616
• 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 $356,000.00, 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 August 2008:

• EMS Incidents - 160
• Fire/Rescue - 15
• Man-hours used on incidents - 161.07
• Regular weekly training hours - 252
• Schooling hours - 284

Total Incidents for August - 175

Total Hours for August - 470.07

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