1: Cornell Emergency Response System

Cornell Agencies [2]

Dispatched by Cornell when Bangs is or at our request

Environmental Health & Safety

• call sign: 24XX

• Role: certified EMTs who can assist on medical calls, esp with operations

• fires, dangerous scenes, HazMat, confined spaces, building entry issues

CUPD

• call sign: 4XX

• role: combative patients, scene control, safety issues, building entry issues

• patrol, K9, crime prevention

County Law Enforcement [2]

Same role as CUPD on property not owned by Cornell or near the borders of Cornell property

• Ithaca Police (IPD)

• Cayuga Heights Police (CHPD)

County First Response [2]

Cancel fire if patient BLS and will be transported with enough manpower on scene

Ithaca Fire (IFD)

• dispatched for calls Bravo & above

• Call sign: 90X (engines)

  • 902 is the ctown engine

• Role: manpower, fire, gorge rescue, MVA support

Cayuga Heights Fire (CHFD)

• dispatched for all medical calls in the district

  • Townhouses, Jessup Fields, Africana center, A-Lot, Eco-House, etc.

• call sign: 2XX

  • 241 EMS first response vehicle

  • 202, 203 engines

  • 231 ladder truck

  • 242, 243 flycars

• role: manpower, fire, gorge rescue, MVA support

County Ambulances [2]

Bangs

• dispatched automatically to ALS emergencies, at our request, or for transport

• call sign: 95X

  • 950-959 ambulances

  • 976, 977 flycars

• role: ALS

Dryden

• dispatched when Bangs is unavailable

• call sign: 5XX

  • 551-553 ambulances

  • 554 flycar

• role: ALS

MEDEVAC [3]

Agencies

• Guthrie Air

• Mercy Flight Central

• Air Methods

Role

• helicopter transport to trauma center

Common Destinations

• Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital (Sayre, PA)

• Upstate University Hospital (Syracuse, NY)

Process

• IFD / CHFD set up LZ

• Bangs transports to LZ