Port Jervis Ambulance Corps

09/06/2026

🚑 September is National Preparedness Month 🚑

Port Jervis EMS encourages our community to be ready for the unexpected.

One issue we commonly see is patients who rely on oxygen concentrators or other medical devices without a backup plan for power outages. Losing power can quickly create an emergency.

A few important ways to prepare:

• Build an emergency kit
• Keep medications and medical information updated
• Check smoke and CO alarms
• Make a family emergency plan
• If you use power-dependent medical equipment, have a backup oxygen source, charged batteries, or generator/backup power plan

Preparation today can make all the difference tomorrow. 💙

Port Jervis EMS , Here when you need us.

09/04/2026

🚑 PJEMS September Awareness Series 🚑

Throughout the month of September, Port Jervis EMS will be highlighting several important awareness campaigns that affect our community, including preparedness, sepsis, su***de prevention, recovery, and childhood cancer awareness.

We hope you’ll follow along this month as we share information, resources, and reminders to help support the health and safety of our community. 💙

Port Jervis EMS, Here when you need us.

09/03/2026

September is Su***de Prevention Awareness Month.

Orange County Emergency Services encourages everyone to take the time to check in with the people around you - especially those who spend their lives responding when others need help.

Our first responders see and experience things most people never will. They should never have to carry that weight alone.

The Orange County First Responder Peer Support Program provides confidential support by first responders, for first responders, as well as support for their families.

If you or someone you know needs support, reach out:

845-291-PEER | 988 | 311 | 1-800-COPLINE

Checking in matters. Asking for help matters. You do not have to do it alone.

09/01/2026

🎒🍎 BACK TO SCHOOL! ✏️📚

With Port Jervis students heading back to school Thursday, Port Jervis Ambulance would like to wish all of our students, teachers, staff, and families a safe and wonderful first day back!

Parents & guardians- before the school year begins, take a minute to make sure your child’s school nurse has the most up-to-date information, including:

🚑 Current medical conditions
💊 Medications & allergies
📞 Updated parent/guardian and emergency contacts
📝 Any changes to your child’s health or emergency care plan

And for everyone on the roads, school buses are back!🚌

Please slow down, stay alert, and watch for students at bus stops and crosswalks.

We hope all of our Port Jervis students have a safe, healthy, and great first day on Thursday! 💙

- Port Jervis Ambulance

08/11/2026

COULD YOUR CHILD CALL 911 FOR YOU?

It’s something we hope they never have to do, but something every child should know. We’ve responded to emergencies where a child was the one who called 911 and they were able to tell the dispatcher their street, who needed help, and what was happening. That information helped get responders where they needed to be. 🚑

Take a few minutes today to make sure your child knows:

📍 Their home address or street
👤 Their parent/caregiver’s full name
📞 How to call 911, even from a locked phone
🗣️ To stay on the line and answer the dispatcher’s questions

We made a 911 Safety Sheet for our littlest community members!

👇 It’s completely FREE. save the image below, print it at home, and fill it out together.

Then ask them: “If I needed help right now, could you tell 911 where we live?”

A few minutes of practice today could make a big difference during a real emergency. ❤️🚑

— Port Jervis Ambulance

08/10/2026

🚑 WEAR YOUR SUPPORT. HELP US ANSWER THE CALL. 🚑
Port Jervis EMS is proud to serve our neighbors across Port Jervis, Deerpark, Matamoras, and the surrounding tri-state community. Now you can show your support with our new Port Jervis EMS Proud Supporter fundraiser shirt!

Every shirt purchased helps support the equipment, training, and readiness our personnel need to be there when a 911 call comes in. As a nonprofit EMS organization, community support makes a real difference.

Grab yours today, wear it with pride, and stand behind the crew that answers the call—24/7/365.

👇 Order here: [Insert Bonfire link]
https://www.bonfire.com/answering-the-call-port-jervis-ems/

Every shirt helps Port Jervis EMS stay ready to answer the call.. Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing emergency medical services ...

08/10/2026

439 calls. Countless critical decisions. One mission: your care.

In July 2026, Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to 439 EMS incidents across the communities we serve. Behind that number were time-sensitive assessments, advanced cardiac monitoring, medication administration, IV and IO access, lifesaving CPR, and critical emergency interventions.

Our crews performed 240 ALS assessments, 142 BLS assessments, 98 12-lead ECGs, 176 medication administrations, and 122 IV administrations—care that requires highly trained providers, medications, cardiac monitors, medical supplies, ambulances, and equipment ready around the clock. We also provided CPR on four occasions, established IO access four times, and performed a needle decompression when a patient’s condition demanded immediate action.

Emergency medical care is not simply a response when someone calls 911—it is a community resource that must be staffed, equipped, trained, and ready before the emergency happens. Sustainable funding helps ensure our providers can continue delivering timely, advanced, and lifesaving care to the City of Port Jervis, Deerpark, Matamoras, and our surrounding communities.

Thank you for supporting Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the dedicated EMS professionals who answer the call every day.

08/07/2026

Free food distribution, tomorrow, Friday 8/7 @ 9:45 -11am between the HS & MS.

You can pull your car right through the driveway by the custodial area to the left of the little red building & we'll bring the bags out to you! ! Thank you to the Hudson Valley Food Bank for their partnership to help serve & our community!

08/07/2026

We spent this week on dollars and certifications. Today, the part that actually matters.

Nobody dialing 911 is thinking about reimbursement rates or scope of practice. They are having the worst day of their life, and they are counting on somebody to come.

What kind of human beings would we be if we left a call unanswered?
So we go. We always have. We always will. Our volunteers built this corps and still run it. Our EMTs and AEMTs give this community care it should be proud of. And we are telling you plainly that this community deserves paramedic care of its own.

We just think you deserve to know what it really takes.

Thank you for reading this week. If you have questions, ask us in the comments — we will answer honestly.

Port Jervis Volunteer Ambulance Corps — One Mission. One Team.

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