By Richard Rosentreter
The Press-Republican
FORT COVINGTON, N,Y. — The Fort Covington Emergency Medical Services squad recently added a new Ford ambulance to its fleet and was out serving food during Saturday’s town-wide yard sale event to help accumulate funds to pay for the vehicle.
A crew of volunteer members of the Fort Covington EMS had a barbecue set up at the station along Route 37 and had pulled pork, hamburgers, Glaziers among the refreshments for sale.
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According to the EMS Chief Mike Gibbons, he was in the early morning hours preparing the pulled pork, which was billed as the best food on the menu that day. He said that the money from the food sales would go toward paying for the vehicle.
Gibbons also said that like many other EMS emergency services in the region, is in need of volunteers. The crew helping serve food at the station agreed that EMS squads these days are taken for granted and many are short on volunteers.
Gibbons said that those interested in joining Fort Covington’s EMS team as a volunteer can contact the station, which according to its Facebook page can be reached by calling 518-358-9970 or emailing fortcovingtonems@gmail.com.
Those who wish to make a contribution to help the Fort Covington EMS pay for the new ambulance, may also reach out using the above contact information.
For those who are interested in joining as an EMS volunteer and would like to contact a local agency for more information, a list of area departments is available at www.frcoemergencyservices.com/departments.
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