Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE BASIC BELIEFS AND PHILOSOPHIES OF THE CORPORATION ARE TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF STAMFORD WITH HIGH QUAILITY PROFESSIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INCLUDING ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES AND TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO THEM TO TREAT EACH PATIENT, COWORKER AND VOLUNTEER IN A PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS AND COMPASSIONATE MANNER. TO RENDER TREATMENT TO ALL PATIENTS AS PRESCRIBED AND DIRECTED BY THE MEDICAL CONTROL AUTHORITY AND THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. TO NEVER DENY ANY PERSON TREATMENT BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY TO PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED. TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING AS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF COMMUNITY CONTACT AND SERVICE. TO PROVIDE INTERESTED VOLUNTEERS A PLACE OF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ENTERING THE EMS PROFESSION. TO OPERATE ITS BUSINESS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION AND ANY GOVERNING LAWS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.
STAMFORD EMERGENCY SERVICES (SEMS) IS A PARAMEDIC SERVICE ACCREDITED BY THE COMMISSION ON THE ACCREDIDATION OF AMBULANCE SERVICES (CAAS), WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE AND TRANSPORT TO THE CITIZENS AND GUESTS OF STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.
SEMS' GOAL IS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT, COMPASSIONATE, HIGH QUALITY, PRE-HOSPITAL PARAMEDIC SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS AND VISITORS OF STAMFORD. WE ALSO PROVIDE PARAMEDIC INTERCEPT SERVICE TO THE NEIGHBORING TOWN OF DARIEN. IN THE LAST YEAR SEMS RESPONDED TO THE 10,600 CALLS FOR HELP INCLUDING 503 RESPONSES TO DARIEN. 6,317 OF THOSE CALLS REQUIRED OUR HIGHLY TRAINED PARAMEDICS TO PERFORM ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) INTERVENTIONS. SEMS RESPONDED TO OVER 93% OF ALL CALLS WITHIN THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDED TARGET OF 8 MINUTES AND SEMS HAS AN AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME OF 5.9 MINUTES TO ALS CALLS.
SEMS ACADEMY OFFERS QUALITY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ALL LEVELS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS. FROM CPR AND BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS TO ADNVANCED LIFE SUPPORT COURSES TO CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES LIAISONS, SEMS ACADEMY SUPPORTS HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
Patricia Squires | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $303,353 |
Edward Browne | CHIEF OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $208,266 |
Edward Podgorski | DEPUTY CHIEF | 40 | $144,509 |
Israel Leonardo | EMT | 40 | $134,915 |
Joseph Larcheveque | DEPUTY CHIEF | 40 | $132,833 |
Rusty Sherman | PARAMEDIC | 40 | $126,282 |
William Ackley | CAPTAIN | 40 | $115,654 |
Timothy Conroy | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Thomas Wuennemann | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Thomas Nero | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Stephen Tedesco | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Sharon Tappe | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Sean Cooney | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Sarah Sanders | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Randy Skigen | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Paula Sutliffe | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Melissa Shear | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Matt Maguire | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Marta Hryniszyn | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Marc Kurzman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Kim Kollar | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Jack Dowling | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Eric Morson | BAORD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Ellen Komar | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Ellen Bromley | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Daniel Dauplaise | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Claire Fishman | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Chris Mira | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Ami Soifer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
Gary J Purpura | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
Michael Wiederlight | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
Harry Day | VICE CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
Lawrence Davidoff | CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
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