Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, Inc

CVRS COVID-19 Testing Site - Beginning 2/18 The Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, with the assistance of Washington County Public Health and Public Safety, has established a COVID-19 Rapid Testing Site at its Education Center, 33F Gilbert Street, Cambridge. CVRS has secured all required approvals from New York State Department of Health and will be conducting rapid testing for residents of Washington County. The testing site will be open Thursdays 3:00 to 7:00 pm, Fridays 10:00... am to 2:00 pm, and Saturdays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, by appointment only. Rapid tests will be performed at the site and results will be provided at the time of the test. All results will be entered into the New York State’s Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System and all positive results will also be forwarded to Washington County Public Health. There is no charge for the testing, however, CVRS will be conducting a small fundraising event to raise funds to procure more testing supplies. This will include a donation box at the testing site, a donation link on our Facebook page (coming soon), and the option to send a directed donation to our station via mail. To schedule an appointment, call the CVRS COVID Testing Hotline at 518-222-8502 or send an email request to [email protected]. You will be contacted by a team member within 24 hours to schedule the appointment. CVRS is excited to be able to provide this service to the residents of the County!

Today three of our paramedics (Mark Spiezio, Patrick Cruger, and Adrienne Hamilton) worked with public health to begin administering covid vaccinations to the home bound population in Washington county. Over the next few weeks paramedics from the Washington County EMS Vaccination team will continue to go out a couple days a week to bring the vaccination to those who can’t leave their homes. We’re so proud of our medics for their participation in this work to #getshotsinarms #therewhenyouneedus #cambridgeems #washingtoncountyemsvaxteam #teamwork

Have you seen this crew? If you're a county resident, are homebound and on our Vaccine Interest Registry they'll be coming to see you soon! The Washington Count...y EMS Vaccination Team, lead by the Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, Inc and their Community Paramedicine Program, is on the road administering vaccine to our homebound residents! THANK YOU to our partners at Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, Inc and the other partnering EMS agencies who have joined forces with our Washington County, NY Public Health Department team to administer the COVID-19 Vaccine in our county and reach our homebound residents to continue to get #shotsinarms! If you're homebound (or have a family member or friend who is) and haven't signed up yet? Register here: washingtoncountyny.gov/vaccineregistry (L-R): Theresa Roberts, RN (Nursing Supervisor, Washington County Public Health), Mark Spiezio (Paramedic, Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad), Patrick Cruger (Paramedic, Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad), Adrienne Hamilton (Paramedic, Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad). #COVID19 #vaccinatewashingtoncounty #VaccinateNY

We have received 500 Covid rapid tests from NY State Department of Health! Currently we continue to only have testing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, but we are working to have more availability in the coming weeks. As a reminder, we continued to provide this service free of charge to the community. Please consider a donation if you schedule a test or if you'd like to see us continue to offer this service. #therewhenyouneedus #cambridgeems #covidtesting #washingtoncountyny

Since opening our Covid rapid testing site a couple of weeks ago we have been very busy! So busy that we have worked through the majority of our testing supplies. However, we are planning to continue to provide this service to the community as the last few weeks have shown it is needed. We are currently working through county and state health resources to obtain more testing supplies, but they are not as readily available as we had initially expected. The alternative is t...o start purchasing testing supplies through our medical equipment providers. Each test costs about $27. We are currently providing this service free of charge and are not able to bill insurance companies for reimbursement. If you are able, please consider making a directed donation to CVRS covid testing or make a donation when you get a test done. Your support will allow us to continue to provide testing services. See more

PROCLAMATION "MEMORIALIZING A YEAR OF RESPONDING TO COVID-19" At today's regular meeting of the Washington County Board of Supervisors, the Board issued a procl...amation "Memorializing a Year of Responding to COVID-19", remembering those lost in fight against COVID-19, the dedication, work and sacrifices of our Public Health team, healthcare workers, support agencies, staff, and all those in our communities. Following the presentation and reading of the proclamation by the Clerk of the Board at today's meeting, Chairman Sam Hall visited our Washington County, NY Public Health Department team, presented them with the original proclamation and thanked our dedicated personnel for their tireless efforts, sacrifices and service throughout the last year. We are truly blessed to have such an amazing team of dedicated Public Health professionals ~ Thank You, #teampublichealth ! #COVID19 #COVID19MemorialMonth #PublicHealthHeroes

Congratulations to squad member Spencer Wilson for passing his NY State AEMT written exam!! Keep up the great work!

The CVRS family is wishing you and yours a happy, safe, and healthy holiday season.

Every Christmas Eve since 1994, Communications Officer Art Porlier has been manning a desk in the Washington County Department of Public Safety Communications C...enter, handling emergency calls and activity as he does every other day of the year. On Christmas Eve, he receives a special assignment to the "North Pole" desk and is tasked with monitoring the activity of a certain individual () and his red sleigh... relaying the important information for those "who need to know". Want to Listen In? The annual "North Pole Alerts" will be broadcast throughout the evening as time and activity allow via our Fire & EMS Alert frequency and on our online scanner: http://bit.ly/WashCoNYDPSScanner NOTE: North Pole alerts are broadcast as time and activity allow and may need to be suspended or discontinued at any point as we continue to serve the needs of our communities and First Responders. #washingtoncountyny #northpolealerts #viewfromthecomm #clausporlier

Thank you to Open Bible Baptist Church, MultiMed Billing, and The Cambridge for the delicious snacks that were dropped off to the station yesterday!

Over the past few weeks we have welcomed three new members to CVRS. Dylan Pettersen recently completed the EMT course that we hosted and decided to join here. He’s obtained his EMT certification and we are excited to have him as part of the team. Morgan Pratico comes to us with very little EMS experience, but we’re excited to show her the ropes and have her on the team. ... Destiny Peters is a returning member who started her EMS career with CVRS. After some time away she’s returned and we’re happy to have her back! Please join us in welcoming these new and returning members to CVRS! #therewhenyouneedus #cambridgeny #cambridgevalleyrescuesquad #volunteers

Congratulations to the four newest EMTs at CVRS!! (L-R) Ashley Brownell, Kaitlyn Garretto, Lauren DeSorbe, and Jessica DeLeon all completed their EMT class at the end of October and just successfully passed their state exam today! All of these ladies have been members of the squad for a year or less and three of them were in school while also attending EMT class. We’re so proud of them for their dedication to obtaining their EMT certification and serving the community. New... squad member Dylan Pettersen (not pictured) also took and passed his state EMT test this past week. #therewhenyouneedus #volunteeremts #newemts #servingthecommunity #cambridgeny

The dedication of our volunteers is the heart of our agency. We want to make sure the public is aware of how many years of service our members have given to their community. December Membership Anniversaries: Kevin Bogart - 13 years Larry Sourdiffe - 29 years... Jonathan Dupras - 9 years #therewhenyouneedus #cambridgevalleyrescue #volunteer See more