04/20/2026
On March 18, 2026, the Office of Emergency Services had a wonderful family visit their Headquarters to express their sincere gratitude to Paramedic Kally Haskell. On August 11, 2025, AEMT-Paramedic Kally Haskell was working in one of our ALS Medic Cars (Medic 2), assigned to the southern portion of the County. At 2:12PM, Coventry EMS, Greene EMS, Inc. and Chenango County OES, Medic 2, were dispatched to 222 Stiles Road in the Town of Coventry for a maternity call. A short time later, both Greene EMS and Chenango County OES Medic 2 arrived to find Angelica Balison in labor and ready to give birth to their expected new baby BOY. Both agencies worked together quickly and loaded Angelica into Greene’s Ambulance and began transport to Wilson Hospital. AEMT Paramedic Haskell worked together with Greene EMS personnel in the back of the Ambulance and a short time later, Angelica gave birth to a beautiful baby GIRL! YES, BABY GIRL! Paramedic Haskell commented that "You should have seen the look on Mom's face when I told her it was a GIRL!" Both Mom and Dad were told throughout the pregnancy, to expect a baby BOY. "The look on Angelica's (Mom) face was of total shock and surprise!" Greene EMS continued the transport to Wilson Hospital while Paramedic Haskell and Greene EMT’s continued caring for both Angelica and their newly born baby Girl. Upon arrival at Wilson Hospital, the crew immediately met with ER staff that began the evaluation of both mom and their new addition to the family! It’s not very often that EMS crews get the experience to deliver a new baby into the world, but with both agencies working together, these outstanding providers did just that! A short time after AEMT-P Haskell reached out to the family to see how their new baby was doing. At that time, the family announced they had named their beautiful baby girl, Kallista “Kallie” Smith in honor of Paramedic Haskell. On March 18th, the entire family met with OES’s administration and Paramedic Haskell, so she could officially introduce and hold Kallista AKA Kallie.
Everyday, EMS providers respond to calls for help. Often, answering calls are challenging both physically and mentally on the crew(s). Some even end with non-favorable results. But on August 11th, 2025 and on March 18, 2026, all those memories fade off, and we get time to enjoy those wonderful moments when we get to bring a new life into this world. It’s times like this, when all those long days, countless hours of training, nights with no sleep, all PAY OFF!
Congratulations to Chenango County OES Paramedic Haskell and Greene EMS on their cooperative professional working relationship and bringing the Smith family a new baby Girl! AND we also found out Angelica is pregnant again with their 4th child. Both Mom and Dad hope, that if they need to, these crew members can be there for them again. Congratulations!!!
Pictured Left to Right: Angelica Blaison (Mom), Ziacarah Smith (9 yrs old), Paramedic Haskell, Kalista “Kallie” Smith, Mazikeen Smith (2 yrs old) and, Edwin Smith (Dad).
