Special Event to be Held May 20th at NY Boulders Clover Stadium
ROCKLAND COUNTY (April 1, 2022) –Rockland Paramedic Services (RPS) will celebrate the organization’s 30th anniversary at New York Boulders Clover Stadium in Pomona on May 20th during National Emergency Medical Services (EMS) week. The event, which will be a fundraiser for the RPS Benevolent Association, will also be an opportunity to celebrate the career and retirement of RPS Executive Director Ray Florida who retired in January of this year, as well as recognize the dedicated staff who work tirelessly to save lives across Rockland including during the pandemic. RPS is the primary provider of 911 response and emergency transportation in Rockland County.
The gates will open 6:30 at the stadium and the festivities will kick off at 7pm with the start of the game when Ray Florida will throw out the first pitch. A special ticket price of $15 has been established so that those who want to support RPS and the organization’s Benevolent Association will be able to purchase a ticket and receive a free Boulder’s baseball cap while a portion of their ticket price will go to the Association. The special offer can be accessed at http://tinyurl.com/rps30 Everyone who purchases a ticket through the special link will also be entered to win a prize package valued at $500 generously donated by the Palisades Center.
“The staff at Rockland Paramedic Services has saved thousands of lives over the past three decades and I couldn’t be prouder of their work and dedication. I am looking forward to celebrating with them at the May 20th event and honoring their contributions, sacrifices, and efforts to provide the finest emergency medical care in the region,” stated Florida.
Throughout his career, Florida spurred RPS to try new ways to save lives, including being the first to use cellular telemetry to transmit EKGs and launching a Home-Based Crisis Intervention Program as well as a Mobile Mental Health Crisis Team—Rockland’s Behavioral Health Response Team or BHRT—which was the first of its kind in the nation and has since become a template used by other municipalities to launch similar crisis units.
Today, RPS and Rockland Mobile Care (RMC) maintain a fleet of 18 ambulances, employ a staff of over 100, and run a 24-hour communications center which houses one of the most advanced computer-aided systems in the region, while RPS operates seven highly equipped rapid response vehicles serving towns across Rockland County. Together, RPS and RMC respond 24/7 to a combined call volume of more than 45,000 EMS calls per year.
Rockland Paramedic Services is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit Advanced Life Support Service operating in Rockland County. They are the advanced life support first response service that operates in conjunction with the local volunteer ambulance corps. Through the EMS 911 system, they respond with the volunteer ambulance corps to all medical emergencies. Rockland Paramedic Services has made a firm commitment to staff to be the best trained and qualified paramedics in the Hudson Valley. RPS has concentrated its efforts toward providing the latest state-of-the-art equipment and lifesaving medical techniques available. To find out more visit www.rocklandparamedics.org or call 845-627-8612 or send an email to info@rocklandparamedics.org.