Hatzalah of Far Rockaway & Five Towns - Woodmere Garage Expansion Promo Video

[Music] 10 years ago when we built this garage in our wildest dreams, we never thought we would fill both with the four ambulances needed. As the neighborhood is expanding and our call volume keeps increasing on a constant basis, we need more ambulances, more training areas, more storage area. We've outgrown our training center. We have to train and have continued medical education elsewhere. We have ambulances sometimes parked outside of our garages which takes a beating on our ambulances. You're going on a call and the summer could be 120° in the back and the winter could be freezing cold. We only have a few small closets for storage. One tiny little restroom, a little janitor's closet and sometimes unfortunately you could find all the ambulances being utilized and used on call simultaneously. Rashm we identified a property right adjacent to our car facility which will allow us to seamlessly expand to serve our needs for now and for the future. The amount of ambulances will increase, the better condition of the ambulance will increase. Response time will go down. It's a win-win situation. From this garage, we're essentially located in Woodmir. We're able to respond to Cedarhurst, Woodmir, Ullet, Woodsburg, Ullet State Park, all the way out to East Rockway and North Woodmir. This new garage and headquarters will feature a state-of-the-art training center. We'll have a classroom for continuing education. The larger facility will house more equipment, more ambulances. We're going to increase our fleet from 11 to 13 ambulances. We are going to have our own mechanic space that will enable us to maintain and service all of our ambulances on site and ultimately all of our members will be able to respond at a moment's time. We're going to have a full gener running the whole building just in case the power goes off, which in the 500s the power goes off all the time. The simulation labs will feature advanced technology, realistic patient scenarios, and highfidelity equipment that will mirror conditions our members face in the field. This will ultimately sharpen their skills, decisions, and teamwork. Barashem, we've broken ground on this exciting project. Foundation has been laid. Steel has started to go up, and we will be looking to you, our community, our friends, our partners to make this dream a reality. This new headquarters is not just about more room. It's about raising the bar, delivering the best emergency medical care that every individual of this community deserves. [Music]