By William J. Kemble

Daily Freeman

TOWN OF ULSTER, N.Y. — Town officials’ efforts to improve ambulance response times were praised after an incident last month in which an infant girl was saved after nearly drowning.

In an email read during the Town Board’s meeting on Thursday, Aug. 7, Ulster Hose Co. No. 5 Fire Chief Shawn Heppner expressed his gratitude for the officials’ work.

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Heppner wrote that on Saturday, July 12, the fire company was dispatched to a home where a 10-month-old girl had been found in her family’s pool. “With the dedication and fast response of the fire department and Empress (Emergency Medical Services), this baby will be able to return home to her family in the very near future,” Heppner wr

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