At 2 a.m., your pager goes off. You fumble to silence it, thinking “How can such a small thing make so much noise?” You jump out of bed, fumble for the phone and groggily call dispatch. A crisp voice answers “Communications - what’s your emergency?”,  to which you reply “This is Sand Lake Ambulance, Driver #XX, en route to the station”.  The adrenaline pumping through your body, you hurriedly put on your waiting uniform and head for the station. The call is a Delta (high priority), and your crew … [Read more...]

Poestenkill Town Board Abandons their Town Residents     -- They’re not Blacklisted In a recent inflammatory and accusatory Letter to the Editor  published by the Advertiser July 1, 2015 written by Poestenkill board member, David Hass, he inaccurately blames the Sand Lake Ambulance for “blacklisting” Poestenkill and not caring about children or pregnant women. The fact is that the same Poestenkill board member, other board members and the town supervisor voted to dissolve their town … [Read more...]

Many people have been wondering what is going on at the Sand Lake Ambulance building. Didn't they just do a lot of work on it?" Last fall, Sand Lake Ambulance (SLA) completed building improvements to our station that reinforced a "ready to collapse" flat roof over the ambulance bay, widened the bay doors to accommodate the dimensions of the larger ambulances and replacement of wiring and lighting that dramatically improved energy efficiency. Now we’ve just kicked off our Phase 2 plans for … [Read more...]