Our on-duty crews are staffed with a minimum of 1 EMT and 1 Paramedic, with off-duty, in-town personnel responding from home to cover additional calls for service The Carver Emergency Medical Service is a separate municipal emergency department from the Police and Fire departments and operates two Class 1 Advanced Life Support ambulances from its quarters directly behind the Carver Town Hall. The management of the Emergency Medical Services Department consist of EMS Chief Michael Ryan, Deputy Chief Karen Fein, Deputy Chief Jennifer Gallant and Operations Officer Andrew Backman. The department accomplishes fulltime staffing without fulltime personnel by utilizing a staff of approximately 40 per diem and call Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics, with two or three scheduled on-duty at all times and at least one crew member standing by at the station, providing for an immediate response of the ambulance to emergency calls. The department is fully funded by receipts for services rendered, primarily from insurance payments.
