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Several members of the Westerly Ambulance Corps attended a two-day training in Providence along with several other departments to learn the skills needed to rescue victims from large vehicles, such as busses and trucks. Pictures can be found in the galleries: Day 1 and Day 2.

Westerly Ambulance celebrated 2008's National EMS Week by visiting area schools in an effort to teach children about the work which we do in the town. Corps personnel visited seven elementary schools and presented to hundreds of children. A few photos can be seen in the gallery.

As you can see, a new design for the website has been created. As you explore through the new site, please let us know if you encounter any problems. At this point there are a couple of issues we know about, including:
-Navigation in the gallery has not been completely perfected yet
-Some things may appear strangely when viewing this site in Internet Explorer, particularly in the image galleries. While we are working on fixing this, the site does appear normally in Mozilla Firefox, which is a free Internet browser, and we recommend using it to view this site.

Other than those, please let us know if you find any broken links, or if you receive any error messages. We have tested the site a lot, but its not always possible to find all of the problems until a site is opened up for everyone to use!

There will be a CPR class held at Ambulance Corps headquarters (30 Chestnut Street) on Monday, May 19, 2008 at 5:00 PM. The class will be held in the 3rd floor meeting room; if attending, please enter through the front door of the building and tell the dispatcher you are going to the CPR class.

The cost of the class is $40 per person, to cover the cost of training materials, payable by check or cash at the time of the class.

If interested in attending, or with any questions, please e-mail us so we can have an estimate of how many people to expect.

The Westerly Ambulance Corps participated in a Mass Casualty drill hosted by the Westerly Hospital on April 29. For more details of the event, and for pictures, see the gallery.