Responding
to over 820 Ambulance and/or Rescue calls in 2009, the
Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department's Ambulance Unit
was founded in August of 1988.
The M-LFD Ambulance Unit responds with Ambulance
8769 and Ambulance 8767,
which are both well powered Advanced Life support (BLS/ALS)
ambulances, as well as First Response
Vehicle 8799. They are both equipped with today's
latest life-saving equipment.
The Ambulance Unit is headquarted our of Company #3
in Thomaston. Ambulance 8769 and 8767 are housed at
Company #3's firehouse and First Response Vehicle 8799
is housed at Company #1's firehouse.
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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