ANNUAL REPORT

 41st 

 ANNUAL REPORT 

(Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2024) 

40 Years of Service 1983 - 2024 

We are pleased to present our 41st annual report to the Citizens we serve. Regional Ambulance Service, Inc. has continually provided emergency and non-emergency ambulance service for forty years. From 1983 to the end of the fiscal year, Regional has responded to 272,506 ambulance calls. This past year, ending June 30, 2024, the service responded to a total of 11,281 ambulance calls in our 12 communities and an additional 118 “Medic One” paramedic intercept calls. We are proud of our accomplishments and look forward to continuing to serve the public. 

Staff shortages have plagued healthcare including EMS throughout the country. Regional Ambulance has had problems like all healthcare with staffing. It is our employees who deserve the credit for their continued excellent response and commitment to the communities we serve. We thank them and encourage you to do the same for the work they do. All of our employees continue to serve and fulfill our motto of “Serving People First with Pride, Proficiency and Professionalism”. 

Regional Ambulance has completed construction on a second facility in West Rutland and we have begun operating out of it. It has the capacity to house 4 ambulances. It enables us to more quickly serve the western part of our territory and serves as a back up to our Rutland facility should some disaster affect it. With completion of the West Rutland facility, we are beginning upgrades and modifications to the Rutland facility to continue to serve you in the coming years at the level you expect. 

We thank everyone from the communities we serve, our co-workers, our fellow emergency service workers and everyone in the community who have been so gracious with their support, kindness and generosity. 

With the continued support of the citizens, our employees, and community governing bodies, we have successfully level funded or lowered the assessment rate for the past 40 years. Since 1990 the assessment rate has decreased by 36%. Our current assessment rate is $4 per capita and remains unchanged for the next fiscal year. Community funding represents just 2.9% of our budget. The public support of our Membership program, direct donations, memorials and estate gifts have been vital to our continued success. Thank you. 

Monthly CPR classes are taught at Regional Ambulance. Last year, through the R.A.S. American Heart Association Training Center, 1,478 people were trained in CPR. Tours, lectures, demonstrations and CPR classes are available for the general public. Child Car Seat inspections are performed at the Regional Ambulance building at 275 Stratton Rd by appointment only. We completed 68 child car seat inspections this past year. 

The public is encouraged to visit and talk to our employees at our Stratton Road facility. Please feel free to contact Jim Finger, Chief Executive Officer, or your Representative, if you have any questions concerning the service. 

We are proud of our accomplishments and look forward to serving you in the future. The Board of Directors, Administration and employees of Regional Ambulance Service Inc. will continue working to provide the highest quality of emergency ambulance care at the lowest possible cost to all of the citizens we serve. 

Sincerely, Paul Kulig, President                                 Kevin Dougherty, Vice President                R.A.S. Board of Directors                                          R.A.S. Board of Directors