Post 764 Ambulance Service

Ambulance History - Continued
Cover of the 20th Anniversary Banquet Program

The Service is now run by a Management Committee that oversees the day to day operations through two Supervisors and an Office Manager. The difficulty in providing adequate daytime coverage was addressed in March, 1988, by the hiring of paid staff members to assure the coverage. At the same time, an Office Manager was hired to process the increased paperwork involved with payroll, scheduling, subscriptions, and billings. We have also adopted mutual aid agreements with all our neighboring services to respond if assistance is needed. The emergency medical needs of the residents also benefit by the cooperative effort of the Service, Peters Township Police Department and the Peters Township Fire Department which operates an ALS quick response vehicle under the ambulance service's license.


Training and patient care has always played an important role in our service. Members attended one of the first State Ambulance Attendants programs in the early 70's, the forerunner of the EMT program. During the mid-70's, Washington Hospital initiated a Paramedic program and 5 of our members (Lorraine Jackstis, Joan Kernahan, Bob McMurray, Sally Neubert, and Virginia Rauch) became among the first Paramedics to serve in Washington County.

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