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In 2015, the South Country Ambulance Company celebrated their 75th anniversary. To help commemorate this achievement, the Ambulance Company put together a short video highlighting their place in our community over the past 75+ years.
South Country Ambulance Website
Contact: Gregory C. Miglino, Jr.
Phone: Non-Emergency- 631-286-3400.
In an emergency, Dial 911!
Email:
BHAC54330@AOL.COM
The South Country Ambulance Company is a New York
State Advanced Life Support certified ambulance company service
credentialed at the Paramedic level. South Country Ambulance provides
service to Bellport Village, North Bellport, East Patchogue, Brookhaven,
South Haven and South Yaphank. They provide mutual aid to Patchogue,
Medford, Yaphank, Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach. South Country
Ambulance is responsible for all 911 medical calls in the South Country
Ambulance District.
The South Country Ambulance Company is a volunteer
emergency services department. They were established in July of 1940 and have
been providing service to the community, uninterrupted, since then.
Their first ambulance- a 1927 Kissel, with their
founding members:
Alex Kousenkranus
Richard Lyons
Charles Waldron
James Kinsella
Robert Lyons, Jr.
Photo circa June 1940
Their Marine Bureau provides services to Patchogue and
Bellport Bay, and conducts patrols of the National Wildlife Refuge and
Fire Island National Sea Shore. The Search and Rescue Squad Unit
provides services to over 1,500 acres of county parks and federal
wilderness areas located within the district. In addition to these
services, bike teams provide services to many large scale, local and
countrywide events.
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, they provided
mutual aid service to New York-Presbyterian EMS, and were deployed to
ground zero where they stayed for three days.
From just eight members and one ambulance handling 64 alarms a year in
1940, the South
Country Ambulance Company has grown into a department with 126 active
volunteer members with 17 vehicles, that handle 2,600 plus alarms per
year.
They are a community organization with deep roots in
the community. They take their responsibility to serve very seriously.
Over the last six years, they have received the state's top award for
Services, as well as the County of Suffolk's. In an emergency, they will
do everything to ensure your safety.
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| South Country Ambulance at a Multi-Car MVA. | In cases of extreme trauma, South Country Ambulance works with the Suffolk County Police Aviation Bureau to transport victims to a Level One Trauma Center. | The Department responded to this MVA with a person trapped and wires on the car. |
For additional information about the South
Country Ambulance Company or to volunteer, call 631-286-3400, or visit
their website listed above. Volunteer meetings are held the first Monday
of every month at Station #1, which is located at 1309 Montauk Highway
in East Patchogue.