The nearest to the 9th pin was Derek Peck. Skins were won by
Dave Coles co-ed team for the 9th hole birdie and Taylor Robbins mixed youth
team for the 1st hole.
Hyde's Greenhouse
Cerow Agency, Inc.
Subway (Clayton)
Clayton Harbour Gourmet Food & Wine
Fred's QuickLube
LaFargeville Central School Class of 2011
Clayton Wine and Spirits
Citizen's Bank of Cape Vincent and LaFargeville
Clayton Marina
Pepsi Co. (Watertown)
TIERS Secures Staff Leasing Agreement with Evans Mills Ambulance
Thousand Islands Emergency
Rescues Service has secured an agreement with Evans Mills Volunteer Ambulance
Squad to lease Paramedics and AEMT-CC’s effective June 12, 2008. The agreement has been taking shape
since the time the Board of Directors from TIERS met with the Evans Mills
Ambulance Board of Directors in April of this year and was finalized on June 4,
2008. Both volunteer based independent non-profit agencies felt a very common
bond to assist each other. TIERS Paramedic’s or AEMT-CC’s will begin 10 hour
shifts from 0800 to 1800 Monday through Friday at Evans Mills Volunteer
Ambulance Squad. “I feel this is the beginning of a good
relationship for both services.” says TIERS Director Rolly Churchill. “Both
agencies share so much in common that it makes perfect sense to share staff in a
beneficial means to assist both services.” Churchill says. TIERS personnel will
assume the role of patient care provider and Evans Mills will provide an EMT or
driver to man their ambulance. Current coverage for TIERS primary operating
territory in the towns of Orleans and Clayton will not be affected.
Website:
Evans Mills Ambulance
TIERS AIDS
THE MILLS
On Thursday, May 15,
2008, Evans Mills' Ambulance had mechanical difficulties during a call and their
ambulance had to be taken out of service for maintenance. Michael Siptrott, the
Director of Operations at Evans Mills, contacted TIERS concerning the use of an
ambulance since they would be out of service to respond to their community.
In short order,
arrangements were made to have Evans Mills staff pick up TIERS A-3 to use. "This
is just the right thing to do. Our squads are very similar and a portion of
Evans Mills district borders ours. I know they would assist us if we were in
a pinch." says TIERS Director Rolly Churchill.
Earlier this year,
Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service also came to the aid of South
Jefferson Rescue Squad by lending them an ambulance after theirs was involved in
an accident.
Paramedic Flycar Fundraising Campaign
The Thousand Islands Emergency
Rescue Service Inc. (TIERS) has begun a fundraising campaign to purchase a
Paramedic Response Vehicle. The first fundraiser will begin with a dance at the
Klock-Smith American Legion in LaFargeville featuring Fred & The Ed’s Saturday
April 5, 2008 at 8:00 PM.
“The Paramedic Response Vehicle
will take some of the burden off our ambulances responding to other districts,”
says TIERS Director Rolly Churchill. “Mutual aid responses to areas outside our
coverage area are a significant part of our call volume and most often it
necessitates utilizing two ambulances going to the hospital with one patient.
This is not cost effective and it takes two ambulances out of the service area.
The Paramedic Response Vehicle will be able to respond to aid other ambulances
with a Paramedic and the necessary advanced life support supplies and keep our
ambulance within our jurisdiction,” says Churchill.
Other fundraisers will include a
letter appeal to our area public and a dance at the Clayton Opera House on
Saturday August 16, 2008. Other persons interested in contributing to
the purchase of the vehicle can send a tax deductable donation check to TIERS
Inc. PO Box 524 Clayton NY 13601.
Thousand
Islands Rescue
Benefit Dance
Featuring
Fred & the ED’s
Saturday April 5th 8:00-11:00 P.M.
LaFargeville American Legion
Benefit TIERS EMS FLY CAR Fund
Ice Rescue Training in Clayton
REMSCO
Positions Announced
CLAYTON - Jefferson County
recently solicited for positions on the Regional Emergency Medical Council for
the Tri- County region through the Jefferson County Fire and EMS Advisory Board.
Charter Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service (TIERS) Board of Directors
member Lawrence Girard, of Depauville, and (TIERS) Director Rolly Churchill, of
Watertown, were selected for participation on the Council.
The Regional Emergency Medical
Council, referred to as REMSCO, is a part of the New York State Department of
Health System of organization and oversees policies and procedures for ambulance
services and fire companies that have medical personnel. The north county REMSCO
region includes Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties and represents over
eighty- five agencies and hundreds of emergency care providers.
Mr. Girard is a member of the
Depauville Fire Department and is a NYS Emergency Medical Technician Critical
Care who responds to emergency patients calls through Depauville EMS and as a
member of Thousand Islands Rescue. Mr. Churchill is currently certified as a NYS
Emergency Medical Technician – Paramedic, has been teaching Emergency Medical
Technician classes for Jefferson County for over twenty five years and currently
works as the Director of Thousand Islands Rescue based in Clayton, N.Y.
Construction Continues at TIERS
Gene Kring and Bob Kring (pictured above) of G&B
Enterprises, Redwood, are preparing duct work for the installation of the new
furnace at TIERS headquarters. The TIERS construction project that began in
September of 2007 has been slow.
The anticipated work is getting competed by contractors and
our volunteer staff. The exterior wall and overhead doors at the new garage bays
3 and 4 is nearly complete. This area will be a more cold storage area but
certainly will be above the freezing point. Bud and Polly Baril are pictured
below working on the wall between bays 2 and 3 that will separate the actual
ambulance areas that will be heated to a comfortable temperature for staff and
for the patient we transport.
We look forward to the completion of this project and thank
the volunteers who have dedicated time to the construction and everyone for
being patient with this project. The completion more than likely will be early
spring and will give us a more functional facility for some time to come.
South Jefferson
Rescue Squad presented a plaque to Rolly Churchill at their monthly meeting
Sunday January 27, 2008 in appreciation of the use of one of TIERS ambulances
for two weeks while a rental ambulance became available. South Jefferson had an
accident with their ambulance. Pictured Left to right, are Bill Mabe Vice
President, Rolly Churchill, TIERS Director, and Debbie Mabe, President. The
plaque and a $500.00 check was present to TIERS. The check was returned with
TIERS Board of Directors approval the very next day.
Thousand Islands Rescue Loans
South Jefferson Rescue Squad an Ambulance
On
Saturday January 5, 2008 South Jefferson Rescue Squad’s ambulance was involved
in an accident enroute to Samaritan Medical Center. The ambulance was able to
be driven but could not be used for emergencies. Under unwritten agreements and
a bond of comradely between independent services, Thousand Islands Rescue and
South Jefferson Rescue have been exchanging policies, manpower assistance and
equipment needs for several years. After the accident Thousands Islands Rescue
agreed to provide a fully stocked ambulance for South Jefferson to use while
they await a “loaner” substitute vehicle through their insurance company.
Currently Thousand Islands Rescue runs three Advanced Level Care ambulances.
During the winter months the call volume is significantly slower than during the
busy summer months along the St. Lawrence River. “We are just glad to be able to
help South Jeff says Director Rolly Churchill” “I know they would return the
favor in a heartbeat.” South Jefferson Rescue sent manpower to aid Thousand
Islands Rescue during the busy period when the Vietnam Moving Wall visited
Clayton in 2007. Thousand Islands Rescue also sent manpower to South Jefferson
in the winter of 2006 when South Jefferson was inundated with multiple calls and
record breaking snowfall.
TIERS Offers EMT
Training Program
CLAYTON, N.Y., Dec.
23
— The
Thousand Islands Emergency Medical Service Training Academy will offer a
3-year-long New York State Continuing Education Recertification Program
beginning Jan. 10, 2008, at the Thousand Islands Emergency Rescue Service
facility. Classes will be held twice a month.
The recertification program
allows volunteer and career Emergency Medical Technicians to keep current their
certification. Through continuing classes and by being active in Emergency
Medical Service calls with TIERS, technicians can retain their credentials from
the New York State Department of Health. EMTs who complete the program may not
have to take NYS EMT recertification practical and written exams.
“This is an excellent program for
recruitment and retention of our volunteers,” says Rolly Churchill, director of
TIERS, “It will also be an opportunity for EMS educators to deliver courses
relevant to our region to providers.”
Churchill added, “Often class
instruction through the NYS EMS Bureau curriculum paints with a broad brush when
dealing with certain aspects of medical training. We can focus on emergencies
that affect us locally, such as diving emergencies, boating and water
emergencies, cold water rescue, ATV and snowmobiling incidents, stock car
injuries, tourism based emergencies, and large scale incidents that could take
place on the St. Lawrence.”
NYS Continuing Education
Recertification Programs are agency-based and require active membership in
TIERS, current EMT, AEMT-CC or Paramedic Certification, and various hours of
training in a three year period based on certification level.
For further information, contact Rolly Churchill at 686-2058.
Special
Notice:
NYS
Volunteer Firefighters’ and Ambulance Workers Tax Credit
I am happy to announce that TIERS volunteer personnel are
now eligible for a tax credit for volunteering in 2007. This is a $200 income
tax credit for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers who were active
status and full-year residents of NYS for 2007. Those married couples who are
both volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers and that are filing a joint
return qualify for a $400 credit.
In order to claim the credit an IT-245 form must be completed and
attached to their NYS income tax return, which I have attached as a .pdf
file and am also providing the internet link to access the form:
One thing that is interesting for the 2007 tax year that will NOT be
allowed in 2008 is in cases where volunteers also receive a property tax
break by virtue of their active volunteer status. For 2007 you can get
BOTH breaks. For 2008 however, they'll have to CHOOSE one or the other
(obviously whichever one is the bigger break). In cases where the income
tax break is better than the property tax break, then I believe that the
individual would have to request IN WRITING to their assessor not to
have the property tax relief applied to their 2008 bill. So anyway, there's my
two cents. Not many bonuses out there for us
volunteer-types so I'd hate to see someone miss out. $200 ain't huge,
but at least it's something!
RC 201
You can find this form on the front counter or print it out
from:
http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/2007/fillin/inc/it245_2007_fill_in.pdf
TIERS Explorers go to Water
Safari and Camping Trip
Steve
Coughlin for getting his Paramedic certification!
Liza
Orvis (left), and Holly Hoffert for becoming brand new Critical Care (Level 3),
Advanced EMT's!
TIERS
Board of Directors member and Depauville Fire Chief Larry Girard for
recertifying as an AEMT-CC (maybe one of the world's first...
)
Also, long-time
TIERS member Linda Cooper
is a
brand new EMT! 
2007 Spring Fling
Joe Bishop, President of
Tactical, Inc. at TIERS on June 9 demonstrating the Tactical PT750 SCBA-powered
self-lifting stretcher. 
“We are now adding a bike team for large
events in our coverage area, to readily move in crowds. We still have an ambulance standby at
these large events. Our first bike patrol was during the fireworks in Clayton on July 5. We
then assisted Cape Vincent during the French Festival. During these events our members used
their own bikes.”
