About NorthStar...
A Regional Emergency Medical System for the Greater Franklin County Community
Our Mission:
"The professionals of NorthStar will adhere to the highest standards of respectful patient care, engage in positive community activities, and exercise good stewardship of our resources, all in the pursuit of excellence."
NorthStar Links
- The Full History of NorthStar - "Building on the Heritage..." From the beginning
- A List of Towns Contracted with NorthStar - All 26 towns and 45 Unorganized Territories
- Town by Town Run Statistics - Based on town of incident
- NorthStar Bike Medic Team - All about the Bike Team and its members
- NorthStar Backcountry Medical Response Team - News and Events of Back Country
- NorthStar Advisory Board Information - NorthStar's guidance group
- Subsidy Information - All the details of why and how much
- NorthStar in the News - Media and Press Releases - Seen us in the papers lately? (archives)
- Pictures - Who we are, what we do
- Careers at NorthStar - How to join our organization
- AmeriCorps at NorthStar - Part of the national Emergency Medical Corps program
NorthStar...
... employs just under 100 staff EMTs (including 30+ Paramedics, 20+ Intermediates, 40+ Basics)
... opportunities for Full Time, Part Time, PRN; 24/16,12/12/12, 24/8/8, 40 hour shifts
... covers 2,763 square miles (1,768,506 acres!) of mostly rural territory (8.3% of Maine)
... operates 11 Type III ambulances and 2 Paramedic Intercept Vehicles ("Fly Cars")
... serves 72 communities in Northwestern Maine
... coverage area includes all of Franklin County and parts of Oxford, Somerset, Androscoggin, and Kennebec counties
... has a Bike Team used prominently at community events
... boasts the highest ratio of Wilderness EMTs (WEMTs) in the state
... has a paramedic on scene on every ALS emergency call
... has a GPS unit in every emergency vehicle
... is the proud successor of Community Emergency Services (CES), LifeStar, AMPS, Rangeley Ambulance, and Sugarloaf Rescue
... has an Avatar (patient satisfaction) rating of 97 (out of 100) for the past 7 months (and 100 out of 100 in the past 3 months)
Some of the People Behind the Service...
David Robie, Executive Director, (207) 779-2770, drobie@fchn.org
Mike Senecal, WEMT-P, Regional Operations Manager (Farmington, Sugarloaf), (207) 779-2400 or 235-2228, msenecal@fchn.org
Felicia Harris, EMT-I, Regional Operations Manager (Livermore, Phillips, Rangeley), (207) 897-3611, f.harris@roadrunner.com
Tom Doak, EMT-P, CQI Coordinator, (207) 897-3611, ces1@roadrunner.com
Carol Pillsbury, EMT-P, Training Coordinator, (207) 779-2402, p07765@msn.com
Wade Browne, EMT-B, Billing Coordinator, Sugarloaf Base Supervisor (207) 235-2228, wbrowne@fchn.org
Jane Thorndike, WEMT-I, Phillips Base Supervisor (207) 639-3830, meditation_4@yahoo.com
Harold Schaetzle III, WEMT-B, Rangeley Base Supervisor (207) 864-0938, hschaetzle@fchn.org
Carl Blondell, WNREMT-P, Bike Team Coordinator, (207) 864-0938 or 592-1328, cbski@verizon.net
Cory Morse, WEMT-P, Cental Line Newsletter Editor, (207) 779-2402, cmorse@fchn.org
Sherry Given, EMT-B, NorthStar Lifeline Coordinator, (207) 491-5444, chalopa2003@yahoo.com
Darryl Brown, Chairman, NorthStar Advisory Board
Rick Batt, President, Franklin Memorial Hospital, www.fchn.org
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