Responding
to over 800 Ambulance and/or Rescue calls in 2012, the
Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department's Ambulance Unit
was founded in August 1988.
The Ambulance Unit currently responds with Ambulance 8768 and Ambulance 8769,
which are both well-powered Advanced Life support (BLS/ALS)
ambulances. The Ambulance Unit also responds with EMS First Response
Vehicle 8799. All three pieces of apparatus are equipped with today's
latest life-saving equipment.
The Ambulance Unit, as well as its three pieces of apparatus, are centrally stationed at Company 3's firehouse,which is located on Prospect Street
in the Thomaston section of Great Neck.
Members of the Ambulance Unit are certified as New
York State Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), whom
are trained in semi-automatic defibrillation and Advanced
Emergency Medical Technicians-Critical Care (AEMT-CC),
whom in addition to basic EMT skills, are capable of
manual defibrillation; starting intravenous lines (IV);
administering medications; and endotracheal intubation.
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