St. Johnsville Ambulance - SAVAC

05/03/2026

Last night the Caroga Lake Volunteer Fire Company's annual members banquet celebrated 75 years of service to the Caroga Lake, Bleecker, and the Arietta areas. St. Johnsville EMS was one of the featured partners at the banquet to show their impactful collaboration to our community and services. Thank you for the recognition, and congratulations 😀🎉🎉

Photo credit Zach Vosburgh

05/01/2026

🚨🚨🚨 Flashback Friday 🚨🚨🚨

New York State was home to one of the first "ambulance corps" in American history** — not civilian, but military. During the Civil War, New York's **Sanitary Corps** helped pioneer the concept of organized battlefield casualty transport, which directly influenced the later development of civilian ambulance services. When Bellevue Hospital launched what's widely considered the **first civilian ambulance service in the US in 1869**, it was staffed by medical interns and modeled partly on those wartime evacuation lessons — and Bellevue's service predated most other American cities by decades.

(Source: JEMS.com)

05/01/2026

Another amazing job done by our SAVAC crews as well as dispatch, Hilltop Fire, RGL fire, Oppenheim Fire, Life-net and Mercy Flight.

Our crews were able to provide immediate extrication and patient care. The crews ensured each patient was safe, treated, and taken to the appropriate facility in rapid time according to their injuries to ensure continuity of care.

Outstanding teamwork!

05/01/2026

🚨🎉🚑 New Employee Spotlight 🎉🚑🚨

Colleen Hutchinson, EMT-B

Colleen has been an EMT in the community for about 3 years and she’s ready to continue growing her knowledge!

What made you interested in EMS?

“My Dad was involved in EMS and he also serves as a firefighter. I grew up in a first responder household and wanted to continue the tradition”

What made you choose St. Johnsville EMS?

“I had heard good things in the community about their professionalism and about their commitment and support to their employees”

🚨Let’s welcome Colleen! 🚨

05/01/2026

🚨🚑🎉 New Employee Spotlight 🚨🚑🎉

Ilan Martuscello, EMT-B

Ilan is a new EMT but he’s excited to learn about the EMS world and all it has to offer!

What made you want to get involved in EMS?

“I’ve always wanted to do something medical. My mom is a nurse and inspired me. I wanted to apply myself and be able to have a hands on opportunity with taking care of people and the community”

What made you want to work for St. Johnsville EMS?

“I was looking for somewhere where I could learn the right way. I had heard from many people that St Johnsville knows their stuff and offers opportunities for education”

🚨Let’s welcome Ilan!”🚨

05/01/2026

Can’t get enough of seeing all of the great things SAVAC is doing on Facebook? Well we have great news! SAVAC is now expanding its social media to Instagram! Please give us a follow on Instagram

04/22/2026

When every second matters, our team is ready. 🚑💚

Our Critical Care Transport Truck is staffed by the highest level of critical care paramedics—bringing advanced care directly to patients when they need it most. From complex medical situations to urgent interfacility transfers, we’re equipped, trained, and prepared to handle it all.

And when time is truly critical or additional support is needed, we partner with LifeNet of NY to ensure patients receive a continuum of critical care, with rapid transport by air.

Ground or air—your care is always our priority.

04/17/2026

Have fun and good luck this season to all the kids and coaches!⚾️🥎

🚑💙 Donation Spotlight – Thank You SAVAC! 💙🚑

A huge thank you to St. Johnsville Area Volunteer Ambulance Corp (SAVAC) for their generous donation of medical supplies for our coaches’ bags!

Because of their support, our baseball and softball coaches are better prepared to keep our players safe on and off the field. Their commitment to caring for our community truly makes a difference.

We are incredibly grateful for everything SAVAC does—not just for our league, but for the entire St. Johnsville community. 💙⚾🥎

Be sure to show them some love and appreciation!

04/11/2026

We join the Ilion Fire Department mourning the loss of their firefighter-paramedic/sister Ashley Faubert. Our condolences go out to her family and extended fire department family during this most difficult time.

03/25/2026

We join the Montgomery County Sheriffs Office and the members of the Amsterdam Fire Department as we mourn the loss of retired firefighter/paramedic and MCSO 911 communicator Rob Shang. Rob has been a dedicated public servant to the citizens Montgomery County for more than two and a half decades. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his entire family during this difficult time.