1st Lieutenant
Lee Genser

President
Mark Sard

The Manhasset-Lakeville Fire Department's Ambulance Unit was founded in August 1988, and responds to on average 1,000 calls annually.

The Ambulance Unit currently responds with Ambulance 8769, Ambulance 8767, and Ambulance 8768 which are all well-powered Advanced Life support (BLS/ALS) ambulances. The Ambulance Unit also responds with EMS First Response Vehicle 8799. All three pieces of apparatus are equipped with today's latest life-saving equipment.

The Ambulance Unit, as well as its apparatus, are centrally stationed at Company 3's firehouse, which is located on Prospect Street in the Thomaston section of Great Neck.  Members of the Ambulance Unit are certified as New York State Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), whom are trained in semi-automatic defibrillation and basic medication administration, Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (A-EMT), Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians-Critical Care (AEMT-CC) and Paramedics, whom in addition to basic EMT skills, are capable of varrying degrees of advanced skills inlcuding manual defibrillation; starting intravenous lines (IV); administering medications; and endotracheal intubation. Construction on a new Ambulance Unit station is scheduled to begin in mid-2025.

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