Hamlin Ambulance/COVA Duty Crew

09/19/2022

Get well soon JJ!

8-year-old JJ DeMarco-Smiths broke his femur in practice just three days before the first football game of the season.Now he is in a wheelchair and will also m

09/16/2022

Good Evening Everyone. In an effort to add some transparency to some recent news, here are the actual facts. Starting Sunday night, Hamlin EMS will not be staffing a paid ambulance from the hours of 0000 to 0600. We will have a paid staff in house from 0600 to 0000 for 7-days a week. This is a necessity as we work through some necessary transitions in order to face some of our ever increasing challenges, challenges that every EMS agency has to face. However, as a Non-Profit 501c3, we are still a combination Paid and Volunteer agency. From 0000 to 0600 we will rely on our available and dedicated volunteers, who are already running with us on a daily basis.

As we work through this, our crews are still responding to calls when requested. Just as we did throughout COVID, and have through any natural disaster we’ve had. This is a great community and we are proud to continue to serve it.

05/30/2022

Sometimes a simple quote doesn’t cut it. As we take time today to reflect on the sacrifices made on our behalf to remain free, I think Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is worth a read today.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Abraham Lincoln
November 19, 1863

Stay safe today everyone, stay cool and stay hydrated!

05/19/2022

Good morning everyone! For EMS Week 2022 we will be having our Open House this Saturday, May 21st, from 11am-2pm. Come on down, see the ambulances and the equipment, ask questions, and meet our crew! We’re looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!

04/27/2022

The EMS Community is small. We all work with each other on a daily basis, and get to know each other from calls and at hospitals. Many of us have utilized Mercy Flight WNY in order to fly critically sick and injured patients to the hospital when seconds count. Our thoughts and prayers are with our friends and colleagues at Mercy Flight WNY.

02/22/2022

Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society, also known as The White Paper, was written in 1966. The report showed data that said casualties on the battlefields of Vietnam had a better chance of survival than those injured in accidents on the freeway due to rapid treatment and transport to medical facilities. This paper would be the catalyst for the creation of the modern Emergency Medical System. And it was written during the presidency of Lyndon Baines “LBJ” Johnson, the 36th President of the United States.

02/21/2022

Our second question of the day: An important factor in the creation of the modern ambulance service was a report that is commonly known as The White Paper. Who was the President when The White Paper was published? Answer will be revealed in a bit. Happy searching!

02/21/2022

Alright…did you get our first question? If you answered William Henry Harrison, you were correct! William Henry Harrison was elected as the 9th President of the United States in 1841. Old Tippecanoe also holds the record for having the shortest term in office. He was only President for 31 days. Inagurated on March 4th, he died of Pneumonia on April 4, 1841.

President Harrison was enrolled in medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, but dropped out of school to pursue a career in the military and politics. If you didn’t know…now you know.

02/21/2022

Happy President’s Day! For today, a little trivia. Two separate questions. The prize: bragging rights.

First Question: Who was the Only President to go to (or attempt) Medical School?
Bonus: What was the name of the medical school?

We’ll post the answer this afternoon when we post our second question!

01/11/2022

NEW: Starting today, if you call 911 in Monroe County, you may not get an ambulance. The City/County/AMR are launching a nurse navigator program in an effort to ease pressure on EMS.
Calls to 911 for specific, non-life threatening injuries or illnesses will be routed to a New York-licensed nurse. The nurse assesses the caller’s symptoms and facilitates the most appropriate medical care, such as a virtual visit with an emergency physician or nurse, instructions on self-care, or transport to a local healthcare provider, including clinics, urgent care centers, or if needed, a hospital emergency department.

12/28/2021

In memory of Monroe County native and Medal of Honor recipient Gary Beikirch who passed away this week, we’re flying our flag at half mast. Rest In Peace sir, and thank you for your service to our country, our community, and our veterans.

This evening we mourn the loss of Medal of Honor hero, Gary Beikirch, who passed away earlier today at the age of 74. “Gary was a true American hero. He displayed extraordinary courage on the battlefields of Vietnam and dedicated his life to encouraging and inspiring generations of Americans. As a counselor and man of deep faith, Gary touched and changed thousands of lives,” shared Chris Cassidy, President and CEO of the National Medal of Honor Museum. “The impact of his uplifting influence will be felt for years to come as his goodness lives on in those who knew him. We offer our deepest sympathies to his family as they, together with America and the Medal of Honor community, grieve an amazing man.”

Sgt. Beikirch, medical aidman, Detachment B-24, Company B, distinguished himself during the defense of Camp Dak Seang, earning the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. The allied defenders suffered a number of casualties as a result of an intense, devastating attack launched by the enemy from well-concealed positions surrounding the camp. Sgt. Beikirch, with complete disregard for his personal safety, moved unhesitatingly through the withering enemy fire to his fallen comrades, applied first aid to their wounds and assisted them to the medical aid station. When informed that a seriously injured American officer was lying in an exposed position, Sgt. Beikirch ran immediately through the hail of fire. Although he was wounded seriously by fragments from an exploding enemy mortar shell, Sgt. Beikirch carried the officer to a medical aid station. Ignoring his own serious injuries, Sgt. Beikirch left the relative safety of the medical bunker to search for and evacuate other men who had been injured. He was again wounded as he dragged a critically injured Vietnamese soldier to the medical bunker while simultaneously applying mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to sustain his life. Sgt. Beikirch again refused treatment and continued his search for other casualties until he collapsed. Only then did he permit himself to be treated. Sgt. Beikirch’s complete devotion to the welfare of his comrades, at the risk of his life are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on him, his unit, and the U.S. Army. With this heartbreaking loss, there are now only 66 Medal of Honor recipients living.