Four people are being assisted by the Red Cross following an early morning house fire on East Fifth Street in Jamestown on Tuesday. Jamestown Deputy Fire Chief Matt Coon said fire crews found flames on the front porch, porch roof and into the … [Read more...]
City, ALSTAR Officials Sign New EMS Services Contract
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...]
Contract with Alstar EMS, New Employee Policies Highlight October City Council Meeting
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...]
RFP Process Begins for Ambulance Service in Jamestown
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...]
[LOCAL] Community Matters – Mayor Eddie Sundquist February 2020 Interview
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...]
City Puts Out RFPs for New Ambulance Service Provider, Will Work to Renegotiate a New Service Agreement with Alstar
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...]
Alstar EMS Ends Mutual Response Call Agreement with City of Jamestown
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...]
[LISTEN] City Council Reviews Proposed Options for City-Operated Ambulance Service
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...]
City Firefighters Union Says Rise in EMS Calls Combined with Under-staffing Puts Community at Risk
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...]
Alstar Employees Hold Informational Picket to Raise Awareness of Low Wages
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...]
