Today marks the second day that the new Troy Fire Department ambulance has been in limited service. Thanks to the generous support of the UVMC Foundation and Premier Health, this unit is answering low priority calls during peak times of the weekday. Our Fire Command Staff, led by Chief Matt Simmons, analyzed call volumes and found that, while our department workload is within the national standards, 68% of our calls are between 7 am - 5 pm, with nearly 75% of those calls being low priority. For the time being, our plan will be to staff this ambulance during the hours of 7 am - 5 pm on Monday through Friday.
"We're very thankful to UVMC and Premier for this new ambulance, which will provide additional emergency support to our citizens. We remain good stewards of taxpayer funding and are always looking at ways we can improve and increase services to our community," stated Troy Mayor Robin Oda.