Garrison Volunteer Ambulance Corp

10/16/2026

Pizza night at North Highland Fire till 8 o’clock tonight. The pizza was great.

10/09/2026

Garrison EMS was requested last evening at 7:47pm with an ambulance to standby for Garrison Fire Department while they operated at a structure fire. Ambulance 32-7-2 responded within 2 minutes of dispatch and provided standby coverage for the firefighters on scene. Units were clear of the scene at 10:58pm.

10/01/2026

Garrison Volunteer Ambulance Corp invited Rep. Mike Lawler to come visit our station today and discuss issues in the EMS system, funding and making EMS essential! We are extremely grateful for Mike and his staff who were a wonderful help to our agency. Mike is a huge supporter of EMS and First Responders. We look forward to working with Mike and his team in the near future on many projects to help improve our agency and equipment!!

(L to R: EMT Ashanti Burton, Captain Mack Godbee, President Jeff Altorfer, EMS Administrator Jeff Ashdown, Congressman Mike Lawler, Chief Derek Tudor, and Putnam County Legislator & Congressman Lawler’s Deputy District Director Erin Crowley)

09/20/2026

A message from our administrative officers:

We want to take a second out of this day to give a shoutout to all our dedicated Employees and Volunteers for always doing an outstanding job!! Your dedication to the agency and your willingness to go above and beyond does not go unrecognized!

09/15/2026

This morning President Jeffrey Altorfer, Chief Derek Tudor and Business Administrator Jeff Ashdown met with Senator Rob Rolison. We want to sincerely thank him for inviting us to meet with him today.

Senator Rolison has shown an interest in improving Emergency Medical Services in the Garrison and Putnam County area. Ranging from better response times, to upgrading our equipment, to offering better mental health services for our patients, to offering an in-house wellness program for our responders. All of those are necessities for our agency so our staff and volunteers can continue providing outstanding care.

We greatly appreciate your efforts Senator, and we look forward to continue to work with you on some great projects in the near future!

Thank you for always prioritizing first responders and supporting Making EMS Essential!

09/02/2026

08/12/2026

Today, Garrison Ambulance held orientation for its newly hired paid staff members. We welcome them to our staff roster and we are thrilled to see the compassion and professionalism that they bring to our agency.

Please join us in welcoming them to Garrison and wish them the best of luck!! 🚑

L to R: EMT’s Stephen Paccione, Zackery Fox, Brianna DeMilio, and Theodore Voltidis.

08/09/2026

Beautiful Summer Sundays mean only one thing at Garrison Volunteer Ambulance!

Crews spent today cleaning the apparatus and the station to keep the beautiful Garrison look!

Enjoy the beautiful weather!! 🌞