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VEMS Accepts $5,000 Donation For Tablets
The paramedics at Valley Emergency Medical Service will soon have new technology to help streamline their work in the field. Earlier this month James Cotter, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Naugatuck Valley Savings and Loan, presentedVEMS with a $5,000 check that will be used to purchase six Microsoft Surface Pro tablets. Robert Pettinella,…
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Valley regional paramedic service facility to expand
By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich, New Haven Register POSTED: 12/17/14, 7:53 PM EST UPDATED: ON 12/17/2014 SEYMOUR >> The Valley’s regional paramedic service is expanding its home-base here. Valley Emergency Medical Services Chief and Executive Director Robert Pettinella said a 2,100-square-foot facility will be built at 764 Derby Ave. Pettinella said Borghesi Building and Engineering Co. of Torrington was…
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Conn. Town Signs Formal Contract with VEMS
JEAN FALBO-SOSNOVICH ON AUG 6, 2014 SOURCE: NEW HAVEN REGISTER Aug. 06–SEYMOUR — The Board of Selectmen Tuesday unanimously approved formalizing a contract with the regional paramedic service it has used for many years. Seymour, along with its Valley neighbors Ansonia, Derby, Oxford and Shelton, has utilized Valley Emergency Medical Services (VEMS) through an agreement, not a contract,…
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Paramedic service contract for Monroe EMS gets Town Council approval
Valley EMS should begin role here on Dec. 1 By Monroe Courier on November 14, 2012 The Town Council unanimously approved a contract Tuesday night to have the Valley EMS provide paramedic service in Monroe. The service will be based in Monroe and provide a paramedic 24/7 in town throughout the year. Monroe now also uses contracted…
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Valley EMS outfits vehicles with new siren technology
Valley EMS Inc., a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation serving the population of the Naugatuck Valley, has outfitted its fleet of emergency vehicles with the latest in siren technology. VEMS has hired Communications Services, Inc. of Seymour to outfit its fleet with Howler™ Low Frequency Tone Sirens made and sold by another Connecticut company, Whelen Engineering, Inc. …
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Conn. EMS Service Gets a Home of Its Own
BY JEAN FALBO-SOSNOVICH ON MAY 16, 2012 SOURCE: THE NEW HAVEN REGISTER NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Since it was founded nearly 30 years ago, Valley Emergency Medical Service has never had a home to call its own. In 1984, recognized by former President Ronald Regan as the first volunteer regional paramedic service on the East Coast,…
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