AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Thursday Feb. 6, 2020. WRFA's Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist about various issues affecting city government, including Ambulance Service, the city's Smart City … [Read more...]
City Puts Out RFPs for New Ambulance Service Provider, Will Work to Renegotiate a New Service Agreement with Alstar
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Eddie Sundquist says the city is doing what it can to address a pending crisis with ambulance service in the community after Alstar Ambulance Service and UPMC Chautauqua announced last week that it was terminating its mutual aid … [Read more...]
Alstar EMS Ends Mutual Response Call Agreement with City of Jamestown
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that a mutual response call agreement between the city of Jamestown and Alstar EMS has ended. Under the agreement, Alstar EMS would refund the city a certain dollar amount for each emergency call … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] City Council Reviews Proposed Options for City-Operated Ambulance Service
JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi Monday night presented members of the Jamestown City Council with new information involving the possibility of the city expanding its public safety services to the community. Teresi offered new details on his … [Read more...]
City Firefighters Union Says Rise in EMS Calls Combined with Under-staffing Puts Community at Risk
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association is voicing its concern about under-staffing in the department that it claims is putting city residents at risk. On Monday morning the union representing 50 firefighters in the city … [Read more...]
Alstar Employees Hold Informational Picket to Raise Awareness of Low Wages
JAMESTOWN - The weather was cooperative for about two dozen local Alstar EMS employees on Wednesday who held their informational picket in front of UPMC Chautauqua hospital on Foote Ave. The move was an effort to raise awareness about low wages … [Read more...]
Alstar EMS Employees Voice Concerns Over Low Wages
JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal says a group of local EMS workers are planning an informational picket next Month in an effort to raise awareness about low wages. An article in Saturday's newspaper says Employees of Alstar EMS are hoping … [Read more...]
ODMAP Peer Response Partnership to Begin Pilot in Jamestown
SUBMITTED MEDIA RELEASE MAYVILLE - There’s a new effort underway in Chautauqua County to respond to non-fatal overdose events with support and resources for recovery. A true collaborative effort has led to the development of a program which will … [Read more...]
