Otsego County EMSReaches Crossroads Part II: Recent Reports By TED MEBUSTOTSEGO COUNTY The New York State Emergency Medical Services Council’s “2023 EMS Agenda for Future,” released last month, inspected challenges involved in supplying EMS delivery by creating topic-specific subgroups to study agencies, education, government, support, operations, hospitals and staffing. The Center for Public Safety Management’s recent “EMS Services Delivery Report” did the same by analyzing data from the computer-aided dispatch system at Otsego County’ Emergency 911 center. Among the many…
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Letter from Bryan LoRusso Rebuttal to County EMS Program Stance I have been following the movements of the Board of Representatives and the 911 director over the last two years in regard to the county’s paid EMS program that the constituents of Otsego County never approved. After reading last week’s article on AllOtsego.com, I have many thoughts to share and questions to be answered. The Board of Representatives, including prior members, has never aggressively helped fire/EMS volunteerism in Otsego County.…
County administrator reassures Oneonta it will not be doubly taxed for ambulance service By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA — Joshua Beams, the new Otsego County administrator, met with Rep. Jill Basile, D-Oneonta, on Friday, Oct. 8, to reassure her constituents “there will be no fiscal impact for Oneonta” with regards to the new EMS plans for the county. Beams stressed Oneonta, which has its own community-funded EMS, will not be double charged for the county’s supplemental ambulance…
Otsego hires county administrator, approves EMS positions By KEVIN LIMITI • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com Joshua Beams, a 2005 SUNY Oneonta graduate, was appointed as Otsego County administrator, effective Oct. 4, at a special meeting of the county’s Board of Representatives Tuesday, Sept. 7. The position was originally approved in December 2019, but the hiring was delayed a year because of a 2020 hiring freeze at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The position was discussed in county government circles for…
New York must address rural EMS issues before a crisis occurs The League of Women Voters of the Cooperstown Area joins the New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association, Inc. in supporting state legislation that would create a task force to study the unique problems facing ambulance services in rural areas of New York State and to propose long-term solutions for them. The League believes that every resident should have access to a basic level of quality healthcare, including…
ONE IDEA: DIVIDE COUNTY INTO 6 PARTS Slow EMS Response Has Towns Working Together By JENNIFER HILL • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com About 20 months ago, Pittsfield Town Supervisor Mike Berthel’s 8-year-old son had a fever. When it spiked to 105.5, the father called 911. He then waited 35 minutes before an ambulance arrived to take his son to the hospital. His son recovered quickly, but Berthel worried about the town Emergency Medical Services’ long response time. What if someone had…
‘ACTION’ SATURDAY AT UNATEGO Otsego’s Emergency Agencies Ready For Active Shooter Drilll OTEGO – Oneonta EMS, Otsego County 911 and Cooperstown Medical Transport are among the emergency-service agencies set to participate in an active-shooter drill at Unatego High School on Saturday, Jan. 23. The drill, which will run 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., will help train emergency service providers on how to handle an active shooter scenario. It will be conducted by members of the state police, Wells Bridge Fire Department, Otego Fire…