Did You Know?

• Our advanced life support medics generally have more than 400 hours of training to attain their certification, plus many more hours of on-the-job experience.
• Union Volunteer Emergency Squad responds to more than 8,000 911 and transport calls each year in the Town of Union.
• UVES maintains 10 emergency vehicles: eight type III ambulances; an advanced life support fly car; a basic life support quick response vehicles. And we have a special gator modified for off-road emergencies.
• We cover more than 56,000 residents in the 18th-largest town in New York. And the daytime population in our coverage area is larger than that.
• We maintain three stations to provide the fastest response: Central Station on Avenue B in Endwell; The Panko Station on Riverside Drive in Johnson City and the West Station on Maple Street in Endicott.
• The Panko Station is named for Nicholas Panko, a longtime supporter of UVES.
• We keep in touch with our own Facebook page. Check it out.
• We offer training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation certified by the American Heart Association.
• The class typically takes less than three hours to complete.
• Effective CPR done immediately after cardiac arrest can triple a victim’s chance of survival.