Granby Ambulance Association

09/22/2026

❄️ Winter is coming, and Granby Ambulance needs your help! 🚑

Granby Ambulance is currently looking for a snow removal contractor to provide services for our Granby station this winter.

If you are an interested contractor, or know of a reliable contractor who may be interested, please contact us at:

📧 [email protected]

Please feel free to share this post with anyone who may be interested.

Thank you for helping us keep our station accessible and our crews ready to respond throughout the winter! 🚑❄️

09/17/2026

Our condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Paul Thomas, one of our volunteers at Granby Ambulance Association. We are thankful for his dedication to the community, his desire to help others, and we will continue to serve in his memory. Rest easy.

View Paul R. Thomas's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

09/11/2026

We remember all those who ran towards the danger and made the ultimate sacrifice. We honor the responders who worked to recover victims and have paid a physical, mental, and emotional debt, many succumbing to illness and injury decades later. We salute a generation who answered the innate call to serve their country and community in the days, weeks, and years after 9/11.

Honor those we lost on 9/11 and those we continue to lose from 9/11 related illnesses.

Live well, be kind, and do good in their memory.
Never forget.

08/16/2026

Part 2 of 2, On EMS Day, Granby First Responder campers learned the principles of “Until Help Arrives,” a program focused on bystander safety, calling 911, providing immediate lifesaving medical care, and safely moving a victim when necessary.

The campers then gained hands-on experience with EMS assessment skills and equipment. They practiced using our EKG equipment, performing the BEFAST stroke assessment, CPR and AED skills, and Stop the Bleed techniques. They were also introduced to advanced life-support interventions, including intubation, i-gel airway placement, surgical cricothyrotomy and intraosseous needle placement.

To finish the day, the campers put their skills and teamwork to the test during a multi-casualty motor vehicle crash simulation. They divided into bystanders, victims, and first responders and worked together to assess the scene, provide care, and manage the incident.

It was a busy, hands-on day that gave our campers a firsthand look at the skills, teamwork, and decision-making involved in emergency medical services.

Special thanks to our EMS camp counselors: Paramedics Josh R., Dave R., Steve Y., Derrick C. and EMTs Nick L., Alyssa L., Tashdid S., Ryan L., Pedro M., Matt H. and Chief Coupe.

📸 Credits: EMT Tashdid S.

⚠️ Training exercise: All injuries and blood are simulated.

08/16/2026

Part 1 of 2, On EMS Day, Granby First Responder campers learned the principles of “Until Help Arrives,” a program focused on bystander safety, calling 911, providing immediate lifesaving medical care, and safely moving a victim when necessary.

The campers then gained hands-on experience with EMS assessment skills and equipment. They practiced using our EKG equipment, performing the BEFAST stroke assessment, CPR and AED skills, and Stop the Bleed techniques. They were also introduced to advanced life-support interventions, including intubation, i-gel airway placement, surgical cricothyrotomy and intraosseous needle placement.

To finish the day, the campers put their skills and teamwork to the test during a multi-casualty motor vehicle crash simulation. They divided into bystanders, victims, and first responders and worked together to assess the scene, provide care, and manage the incident.

It was a busy, hands-on day that gave our campers a firsthand look at the skills, teamwork, and decision-making involved in emergency medical services.

Special thanks to our EMS camp counselors: Paramedics Josh R., Dave R., Steve Y., Derrick C. and EMTs Nick L., Alyssa L., Tash, Ryan L., Pedro M., Matt H. and Chief Coupe.

📸 Credits: EMT Tashdid S.

⚠️ Training exercise: All injuries and blood are simulated.

08/12/2026

DID YOU SECURE YOUR SEAT?
In the fourth edition of AMLS, students learn to recognize and manage common medical crises through realistic case-based scenarios that challenge students to apply their knowledge to highly critical patients. The course emphasizes the use of scene size-up, first impression, history, detailed physical assessment, and interactive group discussion on differential diagnosis and potential treatment strategies to systematically rule out and consider possibilities and probabilities in treating patients’ medical crises.

Topics areas:

Pharmacology
Respiratory disorders
Cardiovascular disorders
Shock
Sepsis
Neurologic disorders
Mental health emergencies
Endocrine/Metabolic disorders
Environmental emergencies
Infectious disease
Abdominal disorders
Women’s health emergencies
Toxicologic emergencies

AMLS is appropriate for EMTs, advanced EMTs, paramedics, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, and physicians. AMLS is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.

08/07/2026

Our friends at First Approach EMS Education & Staffing will be offering 3 different EMS certification courses this fall! If you're looking to become an emergency medical responder (EMR), an emergency medical technician (EMT), or you are an EMR looking to step up to the EMT level, here's your chance!

An EMR is the base level of pre-hospital certification recognized in CT, where students learn CPR, AED use, assessment for medical and trauma patients, how to take vital signs, stop lofe threatening bleeding, provide oxygen, provide naloxone for opioid overdoses, and assist in childbirth. EMRs do not provide solo care in the back of thrle ambulance, but may be an emergency vehicle operator depending on the agency. Many CT law enforcement officers and firefighters are EMRs!

An EMT is the next level up from an EMR. EMTs have additional training in patient assessment, management, treatment options, and ongoing care during transport to a hospital. They can provide more medications through different methods, may use an specific breathing tube if allowed at thejr agency along with other breathing assistance, and much more! Ambulances generally have at least 1 EMT as a crew member, and many career fire department require at least an EMT certification if not a higher education. Anyone wishing to become a paramedic or advanced EMT (AEMT), must start as an EMT.

EMRs that want to jump to the EMT don't have to start all over from scratch if they take a "bridge" course. These courses fill in the necessary gaps in knowledge, skills, and abilities so the student can test for their National and State certifications.

08/05/2026

Another busy month of serving our community! We’re proud to share the numbers behind the calls, care, and commitment from our members.

181 Calls for Service
60% of patients transported
40% other
57 calls serving East Granby & East Hartland
11 Mutual Aid responses provided

80+ more calls for service compared to July of last year!

Every call represents a neighbor, a family member, or a friend who needed help — and we’re honored to be there when our community calls.

Thank you to our dedicated members, mutual aid partners, and the communities we serve for your continued support.

07/29/2026

Training never stops.

At Granby Ambulance Association, our paramedics are constantly practicing, refining, and strengthening the skills they rely on every day. Regular hands-on training keeps us prepared to respond with confidence, precision, and compassion when every second matters.

Staying up to date with the latest techniques and best practices isn’t just about maintaining certifications—it’s about ensuring our community receives the highest standard of emergency care when they need it most.

Committed to learning. Dedicated to serving. Ready when you need us.

07/26/2026

GAA is adding great paramedics to our per diem staff! If you, or someone you know, has been a paramedic for 2 years, is looking for a new challenge with long transport times, whole blood administration, IV pumps, Zoll Zenix cardiac monitors, and more, we'd love to here from you.

Applications on request: [email protected]