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  1. bad box
    bad box liked a post in a topic by chazEMT in Chester volunteer ambulance head sues town after contract with New Windsor-based service   
    I agree that the spin on the story through the media would be upsetting to a lot of the citizens. Too bad response logs, duty rosters and training attendance logs can't be made public. If the citizens of many communities were made aware of how often their volunteer EMS was unstaffed/understaffed, I'm sure there would be quite an outcry.
  2. bad box
    bad box liked a post in a topic by chazEMT in Chester volunteer ambulance head sues town after contract with New Windsor-based service   
    I agree that the spin on the story through the media would be upsetting to a lot of the citizens. Too bad response logs, duty rosters and training attendance logs can't be made public. If the citizens of many communities were made aware of how often their volunteer EMS was unstaffed/understaffed, I'm sure there would be quite an outcry.
  3. PCFD ENG58
    PCFD ENG58 liked a post in a topic by chazEMT in Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in trouble?   
    I'd like to see the underlying cause of the problem individually in the various agencies throughout the county. With respect to volunteer coverage waning, well, there are two reasons volunteers stop volunteering-they CAN'T, or they WON'T! Take a look at the rosters of many of these agencies, you'll see a long list of names...then take a look at the coverage rosters, and you'll see a significantly different number of names!
    Why is that?! I believe in the volunteer system, and I believe it could work, if managed properly! Unfortunately, in many cases, it isn't the volunteer system that's flawed...it's the management of it.
  4. PCFD ENG58
    PCFD ENG58 liked a post in a topic by chazEMT in Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in trouble?   
    I'd like to see the underlying cause of the problem individually in the various agencies throughout the county. With respect to volunteer coverage waning, well, there are two reasons volunteers stop volunteering-they CAN'T, or they WON'T! Take a look at the rosters of many of these agencies, you'll see a long list of names...then take a look at the coverage rosters, and you'll see a significantly different number of names!
    Why is that?! I believe in the volunteer system, and I believe it could work, if managed properly! Unfortunately, in many cases, it isn't the volunteer system that's flawed...it's the management of it.
  5. PCFD ENG58
    PCFD ENG58 liked a post in a topic by chazEMT in Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in trouble?   
    I'd like to see the underlying cause of the problem individually in the various agencies throughout the county. With respect to volunteer coverage waning, well, there are two reasons volunteers stop volunteering-they CAN'T, or they WON'T! Take a look at the rosters of many of these agencies, you'll see a long list of names...then take a look at the coverage rosters, and you'll see a significantly different number of names!
    Why is that?! I believe in the volunteer system, and I believe it could work, if managed properly! Unfortunately, in many cases, it isn't the volunteer system that's flawed...it's the management of it.
  6. chazEMT
    chazEMT liked a post in a topic by Westchester in Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps in trouble?   
    Or Officers are bad and Members are giving up. Look what happened in Tarrytown with alligations against a member and some bailing out to join Sleepy Hollow. Is that right. Fix the problem in TVAC and the Members will stay