Reading the minutes - Mayor Blackman encourages Towns of Clarkson and Sweden to contract with Brockport Volunteer Ambulance Service

From Village of Brockport Village Board meeting minutes 08/05/13;

Petition to support Brockport Volunteer Ambulance – encourage Sweden & Clarkson Town Boards –

Mayor Blackman said Brockport Ambulance is the first responder for the Village and for the College. They have met a bar the Towns of Sweden and Clarkson set – 24 hour
paramedic, call coverage up to 90%.

 The advantages of Brockport Ambulance over Monroe Ambulance:

1. Brockport Ambulances does standby coverage for free – events for schools, non-profits. They
covered the recent youth soccer tournament and will be covering the Brockport Arts Festival.
Every time Monroe does something, they bill for it.

2. Brockport Ambulance is non-profit. Monroe Ambulance is not.

3. Brockport Ambulance is community oriented. Their members are people we know and they
know the community.

4. Brockport Ambulance has 3 ambulances and the fly car staged at the Brockport Fire Hall.
Monroe Ambulance is staged at Sweden Town Hall and Clarkson Court House, but those
ambulances serve Clarendon, Holley, Murray, Kendall, Hamlin and parts of Parma in addition to
Sweden and Clarkson.

5. Brockport Ambulance response time from the time of the call to arrival on scene is only 2 and
a half minutes.

Mayor Blackman said on behalf of the Village Board, they urge the Sweden and Clarkson Town Boards
to sign a contract with Brockport Ambulance as their first responder. She said she has meetings
scheduled with the Supervisors of both towns before their decision deadline.