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City, ALSTAR Officials Sign New EMS Services Contract

November 2, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The City of Jamestown now has a new agreement in place with ALSTAR EMS to once again provide ambulance services to the community. Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist joined city deputy fire chief Matt coon and representatives from ALSTAR … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, David Thomas, Eddie Sundquist, Jamestown City Council, UPMC Chautauqua

Contract with Alstar EMS, New Employee Policies Highlight October City Council Meeting

October 26, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - When the Jamestown City Council meets Monday for its monthly voting session, members will not be voting on any resolutions involving parking, including the mayor's proposed increase on parking rates and parking fines. That matter has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, CARES Act, Community Development Block Grant, Jamestown City Council

RFP Process Begins for Ambulance Service in Jamestown

February 12, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown city officials have sent out Requests for Proposal (RFP) to various ambulance service businesses in hopes of finding a new EMS provider in the city. The RFP process begins as Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist and his team also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Eddie Sundquist, Jamestown City Council, UPMC Chautauqua

[LOCAL] Community Matters – Mayor Eddie Sundquist February 2020 Interview

February 7, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

AUDIO ALSO AVAILABLE AT SOUNDCLOUD Originally airing Thursday Feb. 6, 2020. WRFA's Jason Sample talks with Jamestown Mayor Eddie Sundquist about various issues affecting city government, including Ambulance Service, the city's Smart City … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Annexation, Board of Public Utilities, Community Matters, Eddie Sundquist, Smart City Capital Investment Program, State of the City

City Puts Out RFPs for New Ambulance Service Provider, Will Work to Renegotiate a New Service Agreement with Alstar

January 29, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - Mayor Eddie Sundquist says the city is doing what it can to address a pending crisis with ambulance service in the community after Alstar Ambulance Service and UPMC Chautauqua announced last week that it was terminating its mutual aid … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Eddie Sundquist, Harry Snellings, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Fire Department, Sam Salemme, Sam Teresi, UPMC Chautauqua

Alstar EMS Ends Mutual Response Call Agreement with City of Jamestown

January 24, 2020 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal is reporting that a mutual response call agreement between the city of Jamestown and Alstar EMS has ended. Under the agreement, Alstar EMS would refund the city a certain dollar amount for each emergency call … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Eddie Sundquist, Jamestown Fire Department, Sam Teresi

[LISTEN] City Council Reviews Proposed Options for City-Operated Ambulance Service

September 24, 2019 By WRFA 3 Comments

JAMESTOWN - Mayor Sam Teresi Monday night presented members of the Jamestown City Council with new information involving the possibility of the city expanding its public safety services to the community. Teresi offered new details on his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Andrew Liuzzo, Harry Snellings, Jamestown City Council, Jamestown Emergency Medical Services Proposal, Joe Bellitto, Sam Salemme, Sam Teresi, Smart City Capital Investment Program

City Firefighters Union Says Rise in EMS Calls Combined with Under-staffing Puts Community at Risk

September 10, 2019 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association is voicing its concern about under-staffing in the department that it claims is putting city residents at risk. On Monday morning the union representing 50 firefighters in the city … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, Capital Infrastructure and Equipment Replacement Program, Jamestown Fire Department, Jamestown Professional Firefighters Association, Sam Teresi, Smart City Capital Investment Program, UPMC Chautauqua

Alstar Employees Hold Informational Picket to Raise Awareness of Low Wages

May 2, 2019 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The weather was cooperative for about two dozen local Alstar EMS employees on Wednesday who held their informational picket in front of UPMC Chautauqua hospital on Foote Ave. The move was an effort to raise awareness about low wages … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services, SEIU, SEIU Local 200, UPMC Chautauqua

Alstar EMS Employees Voice Concerns Over Low Wages

April 22, 2019 By WRFA Leave a Comment

JAMESTOWN - The Jamestown Post-Journal says a group of local EMS workers are planning an informational picket next Month in an effort to raise awareness about low wages. An article in Saturday's newspaper says Employees of Alstar EMS are hoping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Alstar Ambulance Services

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