Greater Pittston Regional Ambulance

02/14/2026

While you were dreaming of your valentine overnight, GPRA units have stayed busy! The GPRA (Chief Reid and EMT M. Roper) responded in to Duryea to assist Duryea PD and Hughestown Emergency Services with a standby at a serious police emergency call. EMS units coordinated with the PA State Police special emergency response team medics to ensure a safe operation.

02/14/2026

RIP 565 A-1 - 2016-2026. It was a good run! Special thanks to Bovani Towing Service for always being there for us!

02/13/2026

GPRA Chief Reid, Captain Corby and EMR McMahon were happy to partner with Avoca Fire Department for their Thursday evening training session, providing instruction in CPR, AED, and ALS assistant. Our units depend on the fire agencies throughout our district to provide assistance on high priority calls. We are grateful to AFD for taking a proactive approach when it comes to EMS training.

The GPRA continues to partner with Avoca on many different projects and initiatives. The GPRA is proud to have returned an EMS unit to Avoca Borough. A GPRA ambulance unit is now stationed at AFD HQ. We will continue to staff the unit as conditions dictate

02/13/2026

😎 is back!

GPRA A-5

02/11/2026

The Greater Pittston Regional Ambulance is still actively seeking motivated, compassionate professionals to join our team, including:

✅ Paramedics
✅ Advanced EMTs (AEMT)

We currently have full-time and part-time opportunities available.

Why join GPRA?
⭐ Competitive wages
⭐ Full-time benefits package including:
• Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability Coverages available

If you’re looking to grow your career with a progressive EMS organization serving our communities with pride, we’d love to hear from you!

📩 Interested ? Send an email to apply@medic29.com today get more info on how to become part of the GPRA family!

02/07/2026

Chief Reid was interviewed for this story, sharing his experiences in helping out with the evacuation efforts at last week’s major fire at the Lehigh Valley Dickson City hospital. Be sure to check it out! GPRA was proud to assist and devote our resources to this incident.

Over 72 hours later, first responders are still reflecting on a mass casualty incident that resulted in the evacuation and relocation of nearly 80 patients at L

02/07/2026

Lots of progress was made this week at our new HQ in South Pittston! As you can see, the building is almost completely enclosed. You can also see our chosen color for the walls - blue - which will complement the red roof. Red and blue were chosen as the primary design colors so as to match the GPRA’s traditional red, white and blue livery.

02/07/2026

🚨🚨GPRA January 2026 call statistics🚨🚨

♦️ 783 total calls in the GPRA coverage area
♦️ 743 calls handled by GPRA units
♦️ Looking inside the numbers, we had 14 fewer calls than January 2025, but the same number of patients were transported to area hospitals (434)

Special salute to Capt. E. Thomas for providing these statistics. With unwavering commitment to duty, even though he is battling health challenges, he continues to help move our organization forward! These numbers are used by the GPRA in making staffing and deployment decisions.

02/05/2026

Please consider supporting West Pittston Fire Dept.!

It's that time of year again. Make your significant other smile and also support your local fire dept. ❤️❤️❤️

02/05/2026

If you’ve been following social or traditional media over the last few hours, certainly you’ve heard of the major emergency response late Wednesday evening in Lackawanna County. Just before 10pm a fire broke out at the Lehigh Valley Health Network Dickson City campus. Multiple GPRA units responded, under the command of Chief Reid, to assist with patient evacuation efforts. Chief Reid served as the staging / transport officer in the incident command system

As a regional provider, we recognize our responsibility to our area to devote our resources and assets to major emergency events. We’re happy to help other agencies when disaster strikes. Other GPRA units remained in service in our district during this emergency

Lastly, we commend Dickson City Fire Department , Pennsylvania Ambulance , Lackawanna County Emergency Services and all responding agencies for managing a very difficult situation

02/04/2026

The GPRA is proud to announce that, effectively immediately, LT. David Corby has been promoted to the position of Captain. Please join us in congratulating Dave on this well-earned promotion!

Dave has been a long time, dedicated and loyal member of the GPRA. His can-do cheerful personality uplifts everyone around him. We’re proud to have him on our team! Dave serves as the GPRA’s logistics coordinator - managing supplies, inventory, purchasing and related tasks