Granville Rescue



The Granville Rescue Squad Inc. (GRS) is a non-profit ambulance and rescue service in Upstate NY. The agency provides emergency medical assistance and transportation to the towns of Granville, New York, Hebron, New York, North Granville, New York, Middle Granville, New York, as well as Wells, Vermont, Rupert, Vermont, West Pawlet, Vermont, Pawlet, Vermont and parts of Danby, Vermont.

The agency is licensed in both the states of New York and Vermont in Emergency Medical Services.

History
The agency was started in 1967 by a dedicated group of volunteers. The agency grew from one ambulance eventually reaching three. By 1985, the agency had outgrown its current building and needed an update. A building was erected by the Morton Building in 1985. It housed 4 ambulance and had sleeping and living quarters. Later an office and training area was pardoned off. In late 1998, with the arrival of a new Lifeline/Ford type 1 ambulance, the fleet of ambulances increased from 3 to 4. This brought the need for more space once again. Over the next 5 years the older type 3 ambulances were replaced with type 1 ambulances. In late 2000 an addition of a 4 bay garage was added to the front of the existing building. The office was turned into Captain's storage and the training room was turned into an office. Two of the old bays were turned into a meeting room and the third remained a hallway from the existing building to the garage, also housing storage cabinents for the mechanic and building officer. In 2000 the agency upgraded their status from basic life support to advanced life support- critical care. The squad continues to grow and enhance its scope of care.

Membership
GRS is primarily a volunteer agency. Today the agency consists of about 45 volunteers, both Emergency Medical Technicians of all three levels and ambulance drivers as well as probationary and junior members. GRS also has three paid personnel to assist operations in the daytime when the volunteers work their normal jobs. At nighttime and for second calls during the day the volunteers are responsible. Night Duty Roster

Ambulances
GRS operates 4 Type I ambulances all at the Advanced Life Support level.

2951 is a 2007 Ford F-450 4x2 with a 6.0L diesel V8. The module was produced by PL Custom in Long Island. It has a linx airride system and onspot tire chains. It has a Code 3 mx 7000 lightbar accompanied by lower level strobes and upper level led lighting. It has a vhf and uhf radios.

2952 is a 2000 Ford F-450 4x2 with a 7.3L diesel V8. The module is a 1999 Lifeline. It is equipped with a halogen lighting package with a led grille upgrade, a motorola maratrac radio, and an svp siren.

2953 is a 2005 Ford F-450 4x2 with a 6.0L diesel V8. The module was made by Road Rescue inc. It has a linx airride system and onspot tire chains. It has a halogen upper deck lighting package and strobe lower lighting package. It has a motorola vhf high maratrac radio and a motorola uhf cdm1250 radio. This vehicle also has a side door step.

2954 is a 2003 Ford F-450 4x2 with a 6.0L diesel V8. The module was made by Lifeline. It also has a linx system and onspot chians. The lighting is similar to that of 2953. This rig only has the vhf high maratrac radio.

2921 is a 2004 haulmark trailer. It has both vhf high and low mobile radios. This unit is used as a scene support unit when needed. It has mass casualty incident supplies inside and is capable of self sustainment on scenes.

Recently the Boarder Riders Snowmobile Club with assistance from the American Legion Post 323, VFW Post 1653, and Manchester Newspapers donated a snowmobile, sled and hauling trailer to the squad. This equipment is very helpful when dealing with off road rescue response.

More about Numbers
Washington County Dispatchers call out GRS. Their system assigns each station a two digit number. Granville's number is 29. This number is combined with another two digit number based on what unit is calling in.

21-29 are MCI Response units 31-39 are Rescue Trucks 41-49 are First Response Vehicles 51-59 are Ambulances 61-69 are Officers 71-79 are ALS Providers 81-99 are Other Members

Thus when the captain calls in he uses the handle "2961"

Related Links
GRS Website