KINGSTON – While many Hudson Valley municipalities have hired professional ambulance services as it has become more difficult to attract volunteers to staff emergency calls, the City of Kingston opted to bring its service in-house to the fire department and Mayor Steven Noble says it is working extremely well.

The mayor said city hired 16 professionals and uses two fully equipped advanced life support services to handle the city’s needs.

“We are literally doing thousands of calls a year now in ALS pickup and delivery to our local hospitals and our response time has been incredible and I feel that our team is really stepped in and has done the right thing for our residents and thankfully we have also seen the county stepping in to help us with a new grant program,” he said.

The proposed

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