History of the Queensbury Emergency Medical Service
Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. was organized in 1957 and currently serves as one of three emergency squads serving the town of Queensbury. Queensbury is located in southern Warren County in upstate New York and has a population of about 28,000 residents according to data from 2010. Our agency currently operates with two Advance Life Support (ALS) ambulances and is fully online with a narcotics program. The ambulances are staffed with a combination of volunteers and paid staff personnel which range from Emergency Vehicle Operators (EVO) to Paramedics. Bay Ridge Rescue Squad offers many great training opportunities and events throughout the year for members and providers from the area.
Would you like to help serve your community? Joining our agency is easy and new applicants are always welcome. You may print an application right here from our website or you may stop by the station and pick one up and take a look around. Applications may be returned in person to the station located at 1109 Ridge Road Queensbury NY 12804 or emailed to us at
QEMS.CHIEF@QUEENSBURYEMS.COM
Trainings/drills are held on the first Wednesday and sometimes 4th Wednesday of every month at the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad Station at 7pm and CME certificates are provided. All are welcome to participate in these training's. The training schedule for 2022 is posted on this website and also available on:
Upstate NY EMS Training Info on Facebook
Any questions please feel free to contact us by email or phone at 518-743-9566.
Would you like to help serve your community? Joining our agency is easy and new applicants are always welcome. You may print an application right here from our website or you may stop by the station and pick one up and take a look around. Applications may be returned in person to the station located at 1109 Ridge Road Queensbury NY 12804 or emailed to us at
QEMS.CHIEF@QUEENSBURYEMS.COM
Trainings/drills are held on the first Wednesday and sometimes 4th Wednesday of every month at the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad Station at 7pm and CME certificates are provided. All are welcome to participate in these training's. The training schedule for 2022 is posted on this website and also available on:
Upstate NY EMS Training Info on Facebook
Any questions please feel free to contact us by email or phone at 518-743-9566.
Radio Info
The Bay Ridge Rescue Squad is dispatched by the Warren County Sheriff's Department on the Fire Alert frequency 154.175 MHz and communicates with dispatch on the EMS Control frequency 155.295 MHz. Additionally, the Bay Ridge Rescue squad hold FCC licenses to operate two frequencies to be used for squad activities. They are 159.600 MHz which is designated "BRRS-RPT" and 155.160 MHz which is designated "BRRS-OPS".