News & Announcements

Important Radio Meeting – Ambulance Agencies

On Thursday, May 1st, a meeting to review upgrades and changes to the Saratoga County EMS Radio system will be held at the Fire Training Center, beginning at 7:00 PM. All ambulance agencies are strongly encouraged to send at least one representative. Any interested EMS providers are also welcome and encouraged to attend. Click here for a posting announcing the meeting. Upcoming plans by DOH to distribute Atropine autoinjector pens to all agencies will also be discussed.

Run Info Fax Capability Coming

On April 4, 2007, the Saratoga County Sheriff’s Department plans to cut over to a new CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) program. Of the many enhancements this will eventually provide, the first significant addition will be capability to fax times, numbers, and run info to agencies at the conclusion of each run. Ultimately, it would be desirable for every service to be capable of receiving faxes from communications in order to reduce radio and telephone traffic. If you presently have fax receipt capability accessible 24/7 to crews at your station and would like to receive a fax from communications summarizing each run at the time crews sign back into service, please provide the 7 digit fax number you would like to enroll to County EMS Coordinator Mike McEvoy at mcevoymike@aol.com or call 383-8608.

APA Approves County Radio Design

An eight year struggle concluded November 9th, 2006 when the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) approved a revised Saratoga County design for an Emergency Services Radio System that will locate 5 radio towers within the Adirondack Park. The towers within the park include Lake Luzerne in Warren County, Corinth High School, the Conklingville Dam, North Shore Road in Edinburg and Lakeview in Day. In addition to current towers in Ballston Spa, Spruce Mountain, Halfmoon and Providence, radio sites will also be added at Jonsson Tower on the Skidmore College Campus or the nearby Wesley Health Care Center in Saratoga Springs. The County will need to complete permitting with the FCC and plans to bid the system in Spring 2007 with construction to begin during summer.

AHA CPR Instructor Updates Scheduled

A Saratoga County AHA Instructor Update has been scheduled for 2008. All AHA Instructors must attend a 2008 update to remain on Saratoga County AHA Training faculty (CPR and First Aid Instructors). Updates will be held March 27th at Malta Ambulance 7pm and April 3rd at Wilton EMS 7pm (faculty need only attend one). Cost is $10.00 per instructor. Please RSVP to CPRTRAIN@nycap.rr.com.