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SNOW OR NO SNOW... The TIERS Annual holiday party and awards presentation party at O'Brien's went flawlessly due to the planning of Polly Jobson and Donna Chatterton (who is retiring as Orleans Town Supervisor but will keep on working for TIERS), and the O'Brien's staff.
A moment of silence was observed for longtime TIERS Board Of Directors member and local EMS pioneer Brad Eves who passed away in September. Awards this year went to Bob Oliver for accruing 500 hours of service (much of it doing carpentry work for this year's renovations), Jerimiah Stevens for 3,000 hours, and Ron Mayer for working an astonishing 7,000 hours for TIERS (that's 175 40-hour weeks!), and for Five Year's Service: Deb Oliver, Mike Bennett, Keith Anderson, Chancy Law and Glenn Morrison. Ryan Robinson, NREMT, was recognized at 2011's Rookie of the Year for his numerous contributions to TIERS. Special Above and Beyond awards were presented by Executive Director Rolly Churchill to Mike Bennett, Pam Jones and Board of Directors member and carpenter Bob Oliver (pictured above, in order). Paramedics Glenn Morrison and Chancy Law were awarded TIERS' EMS Excellence Awards for cardiac arrest saves and spoke about what it meant to them to directly and immediately save two lives.
This year's TIERS coats were awarded to TIERS members Derrick Kolb, Stephanie Rho, Rod Kester, Keith Anderson and Mary Elizabeth Lopresti. A Christmas Message
Wow--what a year we have had! Operationally, we have once again broken call volume records each and every month compared to last year and set all time records for responses in July and August of 2011. You have endured, persevered, and have without question saved lives. For those of you who have healed - you are to be commended. It is very important for me to acknowledge to our Board of Directors, our staff and volunteers that I am extremely proud of each and every one of you. The communities within Orleans and Clayton can rest assured that their local ambulance service is working very hard, day and night, at being the best it can be and that we are up to the task time and time again. ALL OF YOU are responsible for making TIERS a great organization and I wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Rolly
Please click here to read what TIERS has done in the past year, and what you can help us do next!
Frank Pirino of Physio-Control visited TIERS on Sept. 29 to demonstrate the LUCAS Chest Compression System. In use since 2003 and in the U.S. since 2008, the LUCAS device does 100 controlled-depth compressions per minute and ensures full chest recoil by actually lifting the chest surface by a built-in vacuum. The LUCAS can be set to either 30 compressions--then a pause for two respirations--or for continuous operation with an advanced airway in place. Unbelievably simple to apply and operate, the system will work for up to 45 minutes on battery power, continues to work during patient moves and lets providers concentrate on treatments while keeping them safely seated during transport. It can also be powered by inverter or wall-plug power with the included adapter/charger. South Jefferson Rescue Squad is the first Jefferson County EMS agency to purchase LUCAS. Follow this link for more information: More info here "Mark's Law" Would Make First Responder Killings Murder 1 in New York State A bill introduced in the state legislature by Senator Patty Ritchie would elevate the murder of an on-duty medical or fire first responder to Murder in the First Degree with mandatory life sentence. Named after Mark Davis, the TIERS volunteer EMT who was shot to death while responding with Cape Vincent Fire Department's ambulance in 2009, the new law would make convictions of people who murder first responders and firefighters the same as for anyone who kills a police, corrections or peace officer or court official. Sen. Ritchie has an online petition on her website (http://www.ritchie.nysenate.gov/) for people to help her get the bill passed. Thousand Islands Rescue Online Membership Application
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Operations
Director Glenn Morrison announced that our yearly call volume was
approaching an all-time level and yet TIERS only failed to respond
to one call throughout the year. Special note
was made of two August calls: the early-morning Reese Road one-car
accident which sent one patient to Syracuse by helicopter, and the
TIERS response to a boat crash with six patients in the pitch-dark
St. Lawrence River. 
