This should not be taken lightly, as the number of Tuxedo Volunteer Ambulance Corps active response personnel is at an all-time low. New and re-activated EMTs, First Responders, and Drivers are urgently needed. Please call 351-4400 to volunteer. This is a 4 percent increase over the 1998 rate. At this time, the Town is considering if an ambulance district should be established.
Residents deserve the best possible medical care and the continued services of paramedics in Tuxedo.
The town also deserves the best accounting of these services along with the most complete bill-back of insurance and patient monies to offset taxes. As a result, serious consideration for the establishment of an ambulance district is being discussed. An ambulance district offers several benefits including tighter control of the Town's funds budgeted for paramedic services and fiscal review of bill-back records by the Town Board. The latter benefit relieves the Corps of this chore. In effect, it frees up the Corps to devote itself to its prime objective - providing excellent emergency care to Tuxedo residents.