The EMS division is made up of approximately 30 volunteer
members. The main responsibility of these members is to run on the
departments two (2) Ambulances. All members must be trained to the EMT or
EMR level. The Somers Fire Department EMS Division is certified to the EMT
level of care. This level allows the EMT's and EMR's to provide basic level care which
includes CPR with defibrillator, airway management with oxygen, bleeding
control, and fracture management.
On many occasions other
personnel are needed to offer the best level of care for all our patients,
so we use emergency medical technicians at the paramedic level. These
personnel are mostly from the
Ambulance Service of Manchester (ASM),,
American Medical Response
(AMR),
East Windsor Ambulance
services, and
Enfield
EMS. This
level of care is able to provide intravenous medications and EKG monitoring.
If you
are interested in becoming an EMT or MRT please feel free to contact anyone
at the fire station. The EMT class is 180 hours and the MRT class runs
70 hours. Both classes are held at the fire house, Johnson Memorial
Hospital and Asnuntuck Community College among other sites. Please contact
Captain Josh Marquardt
for more information.
Besides
attending the Joint Fire and EMS Drills held on the 1st Monday of each
month, the EMS Division holds a Training session on the
4th Sunday of each month.
