In the spring of 2015 the Croghan Volunteer Fire Department began looking at the viability of maintaining EMS in their agency. Falling numbers of EMT’s and rising call volume did not take them long to realize that they would soon be in over their heads. The Croghan Fire Department has had a great reputation on having a crew available and able to respond in a timely manner. They want to be fair to their taxpayers and themselves, therefore they began to look hard into their future in the EMS business. In late summer of 2015 casual talks with Lewis County Search and Rescue began leading to more formal talks between the two agencies. These talks began leading into Lewis County Search and Rescue absorbing Croghan’s ambulance and their response area. All talks have been very productive and very cordial. The two agencies have always had a great relationship. This is by no means a hostile takeover but rather a mutual agreement among the two agencies. Effective at 6 AM on April 3rd, 2016 Lewis County Search & Rescue will begin EMS coverage for the portions of the towns of Croghan and New Bremen that currently the Croghan Fire Department ambulance covers. The Croghan Fire Department is allowing Lewis County Search & Rescue to house an ambulance at their fire station. This ambulance will be a paramedic level ambulance and will be staffed by a combination of volunteers and career staff. Lewis County Search & Rescue will operate out of two locations. The current, one on west State Street in Lowville and then the Croghan Fire station. Both agencies are working to make the transition a smooth process and assure no lapse of coverage will take place. We thank you all for your attention in this matter and look forward to working together. We would like to invite everyone to a reception at the Croghan fire station on April 3rd at 1pm. Come out and see the fire station and talk with representatives from both the Croghan Fire Department and Lewis County Search and Rescue. |
| Croghan Ambulance Merger With Search & Rescue to Take Effect April 3rd 03/10/16 03:30pm |
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