South Country Ambulance Website

Contact: Gregory C. Miglino, Jr.
Phone: Non-Emergency- 631-286-3400. In an emergency, Dial 911!
Email: BHAC54330@AOL.COM

Chief: Gregory C. Miglino, Jr.
Chief of Operations: Luis Salinas
Chief of Administration: Lindsey Smith
Captain: Jamie Johnson
Board Member: Louis Valentino
Board Member: Larry Simon
Board Member: Lisa Mirabelli
Secretary: Ellen Komosinski

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The South Country Ambulance Company is a New York State Advanced Life Support certified ambulance company service credentialed at the Paramedic level. South Country Ambulance provides service to Bellport Village, North Bellport, East Patchogue, Brookhaven, South Haven and South Yaphank. They provide mutual aid to Patchogue, Medford, Yaphank, Shirley, Mastic and Mastic Beach. South Country Ambulance is responsible for all 911 medical calls in the South Country Ambulance District.

The South Country Ambulance Company is a volunteer emergency services department. They were established in July of 1940 and have been providing service to the community, uninterrupted, since then.

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Their first ambulance- a 1927 Kissel, with their founding members:

Alex Kousenkranus
Richard Lyons
Charles Waldron
James Kinsella
Robert Lyons, Jr.

Photo circa June 1940

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Their Marine Bureau provides services to Patchogue and Bellport Bay, and conducts patrols of the National Wildlife Refuge and Fire Island National Sea Shore. The Search and Rescue Squad Unit provides services to over 1,500 acres of county parks and federal wilderness areas located within the district. In addition to these services, bike teams provide services to many large scale, local and countrywide events.

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On the morning of September 11, 2001, they provided mutual aid service to New York-Presbyterian EMS, and were deployed to ground zero where they stayed for three days.

From just eight members and one ambulance handling 64 alarms a year in 1940, the South Country Ambulance Company has grown into a department with 126 active volunteer members with 17 vehicles, that handle 2,600 plus alarms per year.

They are a community organization with deep roots in the community. They take their responsibility to serve very seriously. Over the last six years, they have received the state's top award for Services, as well as the County of Suffolk's. In an emergency, they will do everything to ensure your safety.

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South Country Ambulance at a Multi-Car MVA in April 2003.		In cases of extreme trauma, South Country Ambulance works with the Suffolk County Police Aviation Bureau to transport victims to a Level One Trauma Center. Photo circa June 2001.		The Department responded to this MVA with a person trapped and wires on the car. Photo circa December 2002.

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For additional information about the South Country Ambulance Company or to volunteer, call 631-286-3400, or visit their website listed above. Volunteer meetings are held the first Monday of every month at Station #1, which is located at 1309 Montauk Highway in East Patchogue.

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Each year, the Mayor of Bellport honors volunteers of Fire and EMS services with an annual Volunteer Award that goes on a perpetual plaque prominently displayed at the Village Hall. Two separate plaques read as follows:

"This award will be given annually by the Mayor to an exceptional member, to foster continual cooperation on and in recognition of the exemplary work by the volunteers of the Bellport Fire Department and South Country Ambulance Company. Awarded on behalf of the residents of the Village of Bellport."

South Country Ambulance Company Award Recipients

1985	Elizabeth Warner
1986	Martha A. Tinsley
1987	Lillian Arnold
1988	Emily Czaja
1989	Rick Dillinger
1990	Alan Thorndike
1991	Greg Chavious
1992	William Neal
1993	Marion Mort-Czaja
1994	Karen Zinkowski
1995	Gregory Chavious
1996	Linda Drasser
1997	Ted LaMonica Jr.
1998	Greg Hill
1999	Bellport Ambulance
2000	Louis Valentino
2001	Jenna Gary
2002	Candice Gemenez
2003	All Members of the SCAC
2004	Luis Salinas
2005	Lindsey Smith
2006	Gregory Miglino, Sr.
2007	Christopher Nickel