Van Buren Ambulance Service

06/14/2025

Phoenix Award receiptiants!

Again we are recognizing outstanding service within our emergency medical team.

Paramedic Mike Morrow and his team responded to one of the most critical calls an EMS provider can face: a person in cardiac arrest. This means no pulse, no breathing—clinically, the person is clinically dead. However, thanks to the quick, skilled, and composed efforts of Mike and his fellow responders, that story didn’t end there.

Through effective CPR, timely defibrillation, medication administration, and advanced paramedic-level care, they were able to achieve something we call ROSC—Return of Spontaneous Circulation. In simpler terms, they restarted a heart and brought someone back to life.

Maine EMS awards what’s known as the Phoenix Award, named after the mythical bird that rises from the ashes. This award is given to paramedics and EMS crews who successfully bring a patient back from cardiac arrest with a successful return of a heartbeat and circulation.

Congratulations to Mike Morrow, Gloria Ouellette, Eddie Saucier and Peter Madore for their lifesaving efforts, for their professionalism, and for proving that in our small town, heroes walk among us.

06/01/2025

Blood pressure screenings!

05/25/2025

EMS week wrapped up!
We celebrated our dedicated providers today with a BBQ.
Thanks to Saucier’s for donating the meat!

05/22/2025

Wednesday marked a significant milestone for Gloria as she received the prestigious Maine EMS Lifetime Achievement Award, joined by family and colleagues, in recognition of her tireless efforts on behalf of our service and town.

01/09/2025

Under the guidance of our outstanding town manager, Luke Dyer we managed to allocate some of our grant funds to procure two Lucas devices. These devices provide a mechanical chest compression system, enabling first responders and healthcare providers to perform CPR on patients in cardiac arrest more effectively. Both devices were purchased in tribute to the memory of Billie Jo Skidgel, the wife of full-time paramedic Amanda Skidgel. Billie Jo Skidgel embodied kindness and compassion, acknowledging the daily sacrifices of first responders in service to the community.

10/28/2023

Today, Saturday, October 28, it our ENCHANTED FOREST WALK & BONFIRE!!! Please note that parking for the event is at the BOTTOM OF MCKINLEY ST!!! You will get redirected away from Poplar Street to keep our crowd safe!!! Bring the whole family for lights, music & food!!

10/27/2023

Tomorrow is our big autumn event!!!! Bring the WHOLE family to enjoy the ligjts, music, food & community spirit!!! See you ALL there!!

07/10/2023

05/06/2023

Virtual reality. Yesterday we were lucky to get to experience Maine EMS’s future of educating it’s providers. This new tool will allow us to educate our providers with realistic simulations.

05/04/2023

04/02/2023

Our department is honored to be part of today.

Today, the Men and Women, Brothers and Sisters of the Caribou Fire and Ambulance Department along with family and friends, will say our final farewell to Captain Daniel Raymond.

Today, a procession line will stop in front of Caribou Fire the Ambulance Department, where our station horn will sound off three times, signaling to the City and surrounding area, a loss of a Firefighter.

A public funeral will then proceed afterward, with numerous Firefighters/EMS/Law Enforcement from all over the State of Maine and beyond, will pay final respects.

We thank the many departments that will provide coverage for emergency events in our area today, so we may all grieve and say farewell.

We thank the large number of Public Safety departments that have reached out over the past week, to send condolences to their brothers and sisters. A Public Safety Family is unmatched, and an honor to be in.

Finally, we thank each and every person who has stopped in the station this past week with words of sympathy, support, stories, laughter, food, flowers, cards, donations and more. The amount of community support we have received is incredible. We thank you all

(Photo credit: Kevin St.Peter, CPD)

03/24/2023