| The Medina
Fire Department operates four Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances,
servicing the Villages of Medina and Lyndonville and the towns of Shelby,
Ridgeway, and Yates. The Medina Fire Department also contracts with
the Medina Memorial Healthcare System and Orleans County Hospice for
interfacility and non-emergency transfers.
The career staff is trained at the
Intermediate Life Support (ILS) and the Advanced Life Support (ALS) levels.
In addition to New York State Emergency Medical Services certification,
providers are also trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Pediatric
Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and
International Trauma Life Support (ITLS).
The ambulance service is coordinated
by Captain Michael G. Maak.
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