Trans Am Ambulance Services

The Trans Am Ambulance team is now receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations! Our EMS team members are getting vaccinated to protect their patients, coworkers, friends and family. Our General Manager Todd Reisner, Paramedic Supervisor Sue Lananger and Operations Resources Manager Dan Parr are pictured below receiving their vaccines at Olean General Hospital. Thank you to our public health departments and hospital partners for assisting in the coordination and distribution of the... vaccine! #EMSVax #SupportEMS #AlwaysOpen

Every day, we're proud of our extraordinary team of EMS professionals, and today we're especially honored to announce we have once again earned the highly regarded Mission: Lifeline award from the American Heart Association for outstanding cardiac response. This is the sixth year in a row that our paramedics, EMTs and the entire team of EMS professionals who represent Trans Am Ambulance have been recognized by the AHA! #honored #MissionLifeline #STEMIcare Read more here: https://bit.ly/39itqmj

A special congratulations go out today to part-time dispatcher and 2020 Binghamton University graduate Phoenix Reisner! She graduates with a bachelor of science degree in integrative neuroscience with a minor in education. May you achieve all your dreams and aspirations! Phoenix is pictured here with her proud parents,Todd and Anna Reisner. #Classof2020

Deb, you will always hold a special place in our hearts as a Priority Family EMS Hero. #EMSWeek2020 #StrongerTogether

Our dedicated dispatch team would like to wish our crews and fellow EMS professionals a very Happy EMS Week! We appreciate and honor all you do to serve our patients and communities. Pictured: (front) Jasmine Angelo, Phoenix Reisner, (back) Sara Shelley, Office Manager Annamaria Reisner #EMSWeek2020 #StrongerTogether

This week we celebrate our EMS heroes at Trans Am Ambulance and honor all they do to protect and serve the health and safety of our communities. If you didn't already know, InVINCEble EMT - a Woodland in the City project sculpture - resides across the street from our headquarters in Olean. We fondly call him Vince, and he has special meaning for us. In the artist's words: InVINCEble is modeled after an ambulance technician, complete with a stethoscope, hat, badge and set of ...forceps tucked in a pocket. The statue’s tail has a mural depicting several major disasters crews from the local ambulance company responded to, including Hurricane Katrina, the September 11th attacks, and the Gowanda flooding. Why he's special to us: The Trans Am EMS team, lead by Todd Reisner (who was a paramedic at the time), acted quickly to save a young boy's life. Vince Houghtaling was playing football in the park when he went into cardiac arrest after being hit in the chest with a ball. His mother flagged the Trans Am team and they acted quickly to administer life-saving interventions that helped save the boy's life.The squirrel statue stands in a small park directly across the street from our headquarters as well as Vince’s home and is a continuous reminder of the heroic efforts we carry out each day to make a difference in the lives of others. #HappyEMSWeek #StrongerTogether #EMSHeroes

We were grateful to work alongside you for 10 years, Dan. You will always be an EMS hero in our eyes. Thank you for your service! #EMSWeek2020

The Trans Am family was saddened this week at the unexpected passing of one of our own, EMT Daniel Boutwell. Daniel has worked with Trans Am for nearly 10 years, and he will be deeply missed by his EMS family. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time. A memorial service will be held at a date and time to be announced after the pandemic restrictions are lifted. Daniel's obituary shares more about his life and provides a method to donate in his honor: https://bit.ly/2YiJkd4

Thanks to Pizzaland for delivering free lunch for our ambulance crews! The support of our local community for our crews on the front lines serving their community has been a bright spot in this challenging time. We are grateful to be a part of a community that supports each other.

With social gatherings cancelled due to the lockdown in the state of New York, the couple, Paramedic Dylan Chamberlain and EMT Cheryl Breunig Chamberlain decided to move forward and celebrate their legal marriage ceremony with the Trans Am night shift serving as witness! Shift Supervisor Robert Pritchard officiated the ceremony last night. Congratulations to the happy couple! The dedication of this couple celebrating with their EMS family as they continue to serve their community during this outbreak is a reminder that EMS is always open. We ask the community to help us serve you by staying home. #alwaysopen #stayhomeforus

Join us in congratulating the entire Trans Am team for earning the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline award for FIVE consecutive years! This award means a lot to all of us. It means we provide the highest levels of care to patients experiencing severe (STEMI) heart attacks and is a testament to our commitment to the people who entrust their care to the Trans Am team of skilled EMS professionals. We could not be more proud to know that our direct efforts and collaboration with our hospital partners have - and will - save lives. #proudtoserve #AHAMissionLifeline

Local students from Washington West Elementary School brought their stuffed animals on "Buddy's First Visit" trip to learn about Olean General Hospital and other health care agencies, like Trans Am Ambulance. We were proud to be a part of this great event and provide tours of our ambulances to the class.

What a fun event to be a part of!

Thanks, Mercy Flight, for offering this important training to our crews!