News & Announcements

REMO will run an EMT-Intermediate course at Malta Ambulance Corps starting January 6, 2003 and concluding in April. The course will meet Monday and Wednesday evenings from 6 – 10 pm. Persons wishing to take this course must complete a 3 part entrance exam consisting of a written exam, oral exam, and complete practical skills exam. For further info, email Jim Bottillo at JimBottillo@hotmail.com or call REMO at 464-5097.

The EMS Council lowered the ambulance mutual aid “roll over” point from 12 minutes to 10 minutes, effective January 1, 2003.

The Saratoga County Mutual Aid Plan was updated in January 2003 (revising the September 1995 edition). Single copies were mailed to all EMS agencies by the Office of Emergency Services. Additional Copies may be downloaded by clicking on the Downloads button at the top of this page.

All American Heart Association Instructors are asked to complete a revised Instructor Information form and submit it to Kathy Barton. The new AHA First Aid course will roll out in March/April this year and requires an instructor training session to be eligible to teach. Contact Kathy Barton with any questions, information needs, or other concerns about CPR/First Aid Instructor issues.

Thousands of users throughout the country did not respond to the FCC’s frequency audit, and so some 19,976 public safety frequencies could be placed back into the “assignable” category including many Saratoga County Fire, Police, Local Government and, yes EMS licenses. To see a listing of non-responding agencies in the entire country, Click here- Automated Frequency Coordination – APCO International. To see an excel spreadsheet of just those non-responders in New York State, click here: NYS non-responders to FCC audit.