Ellenville First Aid and Rescue Squad

04/16/2026

Everyone here at Ellenville Rescue are very proud to congratulate Chief Paramedic Steve Grundt on being named ALS Provider of the Year by the Ulster County
EMS Council. This well-deserved recognition reflects his dedication, skill, and commitment to providing exemplary patient care to the community. Thank you for your dedication and service to all we serve.
Congratulations on being recognized for this achievement by your fellow EMS brothers and sisters.

04/16/2026

🚨AWARD RECIPIENT ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

There’s big talk about these well-deserving award receipients! Let’s give a loud congratulations to all our award recipients! We are also honoring numerous life saving/unit citation awards that will be announced later on!!

There were over 100 nominations this year. The decision was not easy and it took the committee about 3 1/2 hours to pick the winners. We want to applaud everyone for their hard work and dedication and encourage everyone to keep doing EMS Excellence!!!!

Our Awards Recognition Dinner will be Saturday May 23,2026 at The Venue Uptown! We hope to see you there!!

Visit https://forms.gle/3DrExKVBewQ5KCaT7 to RSVP!

Great job everyone!

04/06/2026

🚨EMS Awards Recognition Dinner Update🚨

Due to the increased interest of attendance and the number of people who RSVP’d for our annual awards dinner, we had to change the date and venue of the event to hold the amount of people attending! We greatly appreciate everyone’s support and look forward to everyone attending!!

New Location and Date:

Saturday May 23,2026
The Venue Uptown
503 Washington Ave
Kingston, NY 12401
6pm-10pm

To RSVP, please use the QR code on the flyer below! This event is free to attend! Thank you to our awesome sponsors for donating to our events!!

Thank you all for your continued support to Ulster County EMS!

04/02/2026

02/17/2026

Help NYS EMS and ambulance services retain vital funding that is threatened by a proposed cut to Medicad crossover payments in the Governor's FY2027 budget.

02/07/2026

🚨We Want You!! 🚨

We want you to nominate our local county heroes who deserve recognition!! Put those thinking caps on and remember back from January 1, 2025 until December 31,2025 for all of those calls of service deserving recognition!

Is there a nurse, physician assistant/nurse practitioner, or physician that always goes above and beyond? Nominate them!!

Is there an EMT, AEMT or Paramedic that always goes above and beyond and they deserve to be the BLS or ALS Provider of the Year? Nominate them!!

Is there a Law Enforcement Officer who responded to an EMS call last year that went above and beyond? Nominate them!!

Is there an EMS Dispatcher who stands out? Nominate them!!

Is there an Educator who taught you last year that you absolutely loved? Nominate them!

Did your Ulster County Agency have a call of service where a life was saved? Nominate them!!

Is there a person in Ulster County who is the best EMS leader you know? Nominate them!

Is there an agency who deserves EMS Agency of the year over all others? Nominate them!

💭That’s right…… NOMINATE!! NOMINATE!!! NOMINATE 🔊

Submit those nominations before April 1st! Our Ulster County EMS Awards Dinner will be on Friday May 22nd at the Elks Lodge on Route 32 South in New Paltz! Be sure to RSVP! Space is limited to the first 140 people!

We hope to see you there 😎 This event is open to the public!

01/29/2026

We extend our deepest condolences to the family as well as our brothers and sisters of the Ellenville Fire District on the passing of Joseph Imperillo. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this difficult time. May his memory be a blessing.

01/26/2026

Our sincere condolences to our brothers and sisters at the Cragsmoor fire department on the passing of their member Jack Kissel. May his memory be a blessing.

01/10/2026

We extend sincere condolences to Joe’s family, friends as well as all he touched in his many roles in the EMS Community. May his memory be a blessing.

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of former Ulster County Ambulance Association President and Past Captain of Wallkill Volunteer Ambulance Corp Joseph Poptanich Jr. Joe was an instrumental part in training many of the counties EMT’s. Joe taught countless EMT classes and taught some of the counties’ best providers who they are today.

Family and Friends are asked to gather on Thursday January 15th at 7pm at the Harris Funeral Home in Roscoe, NY to pay their last respects.

Joe you will be missed, and your service to the county will not be forgotten. 🙏🏻

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