On Edgerton district moves toward taking over ambulance service

Posted on February 1 at 10:08 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Only EMTs can staff the ambulances. Some firefighters are already certified EMTs and others are currently taking the class to become Basics. The volunteers (EMTs) will be staffing the rigs during shifts (both day and night). The "three" are gone and not coming back (they have since either retired or just left). This will save the district a lot of money in the long run. Curtis needs to get their problems straightened out before they continue providing a service that they cannot afford.

On Edgerton district moves toward taking over ambulance service

Posted on February 1 at 1:03 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Curtis has many personnel problems. And that so called 'bad apple' was one of the most passionate about what that person did. Oh, and of those 20 EMTs (which is an overestimate), only about 8-10 actually take regular call time (not paid full/part time).

On Edgerton district moves toward taking over ambulance service

Posted on January 30 at 10:45 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

The meetings are always posted at the fire department. I am unsure when the decision was made, but it is for the betterment of the community that the district takes over the ambulance service. There were special meetings posted as well because this service needs to get up and running in a short period of time due to the loss of volunteers because of the way Curtis conducts business with its 'employees'. Also, not sure what consulting company was hired to look over this meeting. My advice, contact a board member

On Edgerton district moves toward taking over ambulance service

Posted on January 30 at 9:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

There have been many posted meetings on this topic that have been open to the public. All fire district meetings are posted up to a week prior to the meeting on the fire department district office door. All you must do is go to the fire station and see when the next posted meeting is that the public may attend. If you want your voice heard, make an effort to be at one of the public meetings where these issues are discussed.

On Edgerton Fire plans to hire full-time chiefs

Posted on October 14 at 9:19 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

correction: Edgerton has never had an in house EMS service, it has always been privatly run. Also, that "rescue ambulance" you are talking about was for cold water rescue and was designated by the fire department for that specific purpose. And as for your positives about Curtis, I do agree that they provide an ambulance service, but they do not supply Edgerton with Madison or Milwaukee crews regularly when the schedule cannot be filled...unless they get at least a week's notice (which is very difficult). The ride-along program was the brain child of one of the volunteer EMT's who wanted to make the service better and provide an opportunity for high school students to learn what EMS is all about and hopefully recruit incoming EMT's (not Curtis's idea).

I really wish people would get the facts before they start saying what they think are the facts. Go to the information meetings when these things are discussed. As citizens, you deserve to know the facts and there are many opportunities for you to get the facts.

On Edgerton Fire plans to hire full-time chiefs

Posted on October 7 at 5:08 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

emtivtech - name some positives from Curtis, I would be interested in hearing them. Also, I would wager a bet that almost none of the people posting on this blog have ever been to an Edgerton Fire District meeting. That means you jvlrat, because if you had you would know that there are qualified, well-educated people on that board who know what they are talking about and how to help the community. So next time, go to a meeting, you might be surprised how much you will learn if you have an open mind

On Feds offer Wisconsin $15M to change seat belt law

Posted on October 6 at 11:20 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I completely agree with this incentive!! Seatbelts save lives and it is the law to wear one...pull people over for not wearing them and you will save even more lives!!

On Edgerton Fire plans to hire full-time chiefs

Posted on October 4 at 12:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

First of all, everyone has their own opinion on the issue, and that is to be respected by all. My opinion on this subject is that the three firefighters who got on to Janesville FD deserved to get onto that department. They worked extremely hard to get to where they are today. They had to quit Edgerton FD because the union has declared Edgerton a hostile territory and they cannot come back, ever! Unless they quit on Janesville, which I think is a bunch of BS personally.

These two new positions are a great idea! The volunteers need people that will be there all the time for the little things that need to be done down at the station. All of the volunteers have families that they are taken away from when that pager goes off because of how dedicated they are to what they do for their community, and I don't think it is fair for them to have to stay down there for hours after the fact to do paperwork! These two new positions would save them from having to go down to the station in order to do the administrative/reception/cleaning/inspections/training/everything else the positions would cover! That would even get more volunteers into the community!

As for the ambulance, it sounds like something needs to be done because Curtis is obviously treating its volunteers like crap if they are all quitting. If they didn't hire so many full time positions, they would have more volunteers back and wouldn't need to increase their budget so much! Apparently Curtis needs to be kicked out or the management needs to change. It sounds like it was never a problem before (at least no one mentioned it). I'm sure that the only reason more volunteers haven't quit is because they care about the quality of patient care their community recieves.