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8 South Avenue B
Endwell, NY 13760
Administration
(607) 754-3414
Fax
(607)754-3657
Panko Station
(607) 729-4043
West Station
(607) 748-7619
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911 Emergency Response |
| How UVES Responds
to Calls: |
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UVES
is dispatched by Broome County Emergency Services. All EMS (Emergency
Medical Services) calls are screened via EMD (Emergency Medical
Dispatch) criteria, assigning each call a priority, Alpha through
Echo. An Alpha response is also referred to as a non-emergency response
(no lights and siren) meaning no life-threatening signs or symptoms
were related to the dispatcher by the caller. At the other end of
the spectrum, the Echo priority call, indicates the patient is critical.
With any call, Bravo through Echo, the only thing that changes is
the point at which ALS (Advanced Life Support) is dispatched to
the call. This does not typically impact the district UVES serves
because we have at least one ambulance staffed ALS 24/7! |
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The
national standard for ALS response times, which would be calls of
Charlie priority and up, is eight minutes. Within the Town of Union,
on average (accumulated over a period of several months) our response
time for all calls - Bravo through Echo - was just over seven minutes! |
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are a number of Fire Departments - Volunteer and Paid - whom act as
First Responders for medical emergencies. The purpose for this is
to get trained personnel at the side of the patient as rapidly as
possible. |
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if you call 911 for a medical emergency, and a fire engine shows up,
that's why! |
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