| Emergency
Medical Services
The
City of Rochester Fire Department
has 343 Emergency Medical Technician
(EMTs) ready to respond to emergencies,
Aided by 100 Certified First Responders
(CFRs), the neighborhood fire house
is staffed and prepared to answer
the call, day or night.
Training
for this large number of emergency
medical responders is provided through
the EMS Office at the Rochester Fire
Academy / Public Safety Training Facility
on Scottsville Road. There is a continuing
process of certifications to New York
State Health Department standards,
and ongoing updates of knowledge and
skills.
Instruction
is provided by fellow firefighters
with specialized training and certification,
Ten lead instructors, known as Certified
Instructor/Coordinators (CIC's), and
16 skills instructors, Certified Lab
Instructors (CLI's) provide the training.
Classes are held at both the Fire
Academy, a state-of-art training facility,
as well as in-station training. These
highly skilled professionals develop
the teaching methods, per New York
State Protocols, that make the training
realistic and pertinent.
In
order to monitor the emergency medical
services that our department provides,
and to continually seek ways to improve,
the EMS Office conducts Quality Assurance
audits of all the EMS reports that
are submitted.
Training
equipment and supplies are provided
to the firefighters to assure realistic
scenarios. These teaching aids are
available at the Public Safety Training
Facility, or may be provided to the
crews at the fire stations.
This
training doesn't stay in the fire
station. Rochester Firefighters provide
CPR and Defibrillator training to
other City employees. Should a medical
emergency occur in any city building,
employees trained by Rochester Firefighters
may be the first to help.
The
EMS Office is the Fire Department
representative to a number of regional
and state organizations. This includes
the Monroe-Livingston Regional EMS
Council, the Monroe County EMS Advisory
Board and the American Heart Association
Training Centers. In this role the
EMS Office takes a lead in the delivery
of Emergency Medical Services and
in promoting EMS Education.
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