


The MVAC EMT's, (EMT-B's,
EMT-CC's and EMT-P's) provide 24-hour, 7 days a week, Advanced Life
Support service. The emergency technicians are always on duty,
responding from their homes or headquarters.
The Mineola Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. does not discuss methods
or means in any detail, after receiving a message from Nassau County
Fire Communications (FireCom) on a pocket-sized radio pager or a
portable two-way radio, a driver responds to headquarters to get the
ambulance. At the same time, all other available technicians, who
also carry pagers, respond directly to the scene in their own cars.
The EMT's arriving at the scene before the ambulance will enter the
scene with their own medical bags, which are carried in their
members' personal cars and are equipped to stabilize
life-threatening emergencies until the ambulance arrives.