Editor's Note: The following was written and submitted by Scott Resnik of Bellmore-Merrick EMS.
To date we have answered over 50 EMS alarms in our community and the surrounding areas during our storm standby.
We continue to man our Emergency Operations center (EOC) 24 hours a day with our volunteer crews, and have recently been requested by the red cross to provide our field operations unit Unit 287 to assist at the local Red Cross food and meal distribution center at Cedar Creek Park in Wantagh.
This unit is one of the only of its kind in Nassau county and can provide full field operations, communications, first aid and treatment. Our dedicated volunteers have been manning the unit to provide a warming, rehab, and first aid unit at this busy location.
The unit has been manned with EMS personnel as well as one of our associate members who is an emergency room nurse. With the new storm, we will continue to be operating this unit as well as our EOC to provide services to our communities.
We will also allow anyone needing a site locally to come and charge their cell phone, warm up, or needs a medical check (blood pressure, blood sugar, etc.) at our headquarters on the corner of Grand Ave and Newbridge road in Bellmore.
In this time of need we are here to help in any way possible. Please feel free to call our non-emergency EOC contact number at 516-785-7700 or for an emergency 516-742-3300, for assistance.
Bellmore-Merrick EMS Here to Help
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Lu Scala May 17, 2013 at 08:49 am
I never had any kids.. and am the last kid who went to to the Bellmore Merrick school system.....its…Read More been almost 40 years since I was a Mempham grad..and it is very disharting to hear that my many many high tax dollars..are not enought for these kids I have been sororting all these years!!! Who is getting all the money??? Its all bull.. aI live inbetween teachers.. how is it they can afford high end cars, housekeepers, landscapers, ect??????... the money is being spent in the WRONG WAYS TO THE TEACHERS, AND MOST OF ALL THE ADMISTRATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD ECT... I AM CALLING FOR A MASSIVE AUDIT AND GET0 per year.. they afe not worth any more then that.. THE MONEY BACK FROM ANYONE WHO WAS PAID MORE THEN $75,00....
patti May 16, 2013 at 08:28 pm
A bit of a surprise considering kids come home with a supply list a mile long (and average $40-$75).
Michael Ganci (Editor) May 14, 2013 at 01:34 pm
Can you edit above and add photo? Then I will post to top news! Thanks! MG