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Emergency Management

Speculator Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Address: Intersection of State Routes 8 & 30, Speculator NY 12164
Office: (518) 548-5911
Emergency: Dial 9-1-1

Speculator Volunteer Ambulance Corps was organized in 1970, and has been serving the Town of Lake Pleasant and the Village of Speculator ever since. It currently has 32 members – 2 Certified First Responders, 13 Basic EMTs, 9 motor vehicle operators, 4 administratve members and 1 medical director. The Corps is a fully volunteer agency; its sole source of income is voluntary contributions. There is never a charge for services rendered, no members are paid for their services, and no local tax monies are used for its operation. The Corps is fully certified by the New York State Department of Health. It has a lengthy transport time for patients – the nearest hospital is 45 miles away! Helicopter transport may be utilized for major trauma incidents, and provides a transport time of some 22 minutes to Albany Medical Center.

2012 Statistics

  • Total Number of Calls = 208;
  • Calls Reported as Illness = 115;
  • Calls Reported as Injuries = 66;
  • Man/Hours expended = 1,427;
  • Miles Ambulance Traveled = 12,002;
  • Avg. Patient Age = 53;

  • Avg. Response Time (from time of call received to personnel on scene) = 8.1 minutes

A big thank you to all the volunteers and to the community for their support for SVAC. And thank you to Phil Mulleedy for 53 years of leadership.

Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

Hamilton County Courthouse Complex
Address: Route 8 and South Shore Road, Lake Pleasant NY 12108
Office: (518) 548-3113
Emergency: Dial 9-1-1
Sheriff: Karl Abrams

Lake Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department

Address: South Shore Road, Lake Pleasant NY 12108
Office: (518) 548-3760
Emergency: Dial 9-1-1

Speculator Volunteer Fire Department

Address: Routes 8 & 30, Speculator NY 12164
Office/Fax: (518) 548-4561
Emergency: Dial 9-1-1

Hamilton County Hazard Mitigation

What do you know about your county’s hazard mitigation plan? Well, we happen to know where you can learn more! Join the Hamilton County Department of Emergency Management in partnership with New York State’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and the University at Albany’s AVAIL laboratory as we draft the Hamilton County
Multi-Jurisdictional All-Hazards Mitigation Plan (HMP).

The draft plan is located at https://hamilton.mitigateny.org/ And please tell us about your experience with natural hazards and your thoughts on how best to manage those hazards by taking the public participation survey.

Thanks in advance for taking the survey! You are contributing your part to make your community safer!

Questions can be sent to: availabs@gmail.com.

County Website: www.hamiltoncounty.com/emergency-management

Staff

Emergency Services Manager: Timothy O’Neill, email
EMS Coordinator: Jon Wilcox, Email
Fire Coordinator: Sean O’Brien, Email

For Emergency please use:  518-548-6111 (Sheriff’s dispatch)

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