COVID-19 COMMUNITY UPDATES:
FROM ATLANTIC BEACH RESCUE:
COVID-19 PUBLIC NOTICE
Dear Community Members:
We, at Atlantic Beach Rescue, are now operating under special COVID-19 directives designed to protect our volunteers, and you, our neighbors. Our members are no strangers to risk. We are committed to serving Atlantic Beach with EMS and Rescue protection even in these perilous times. For us to continue to do our job as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread and requires us to respond to more and more calls, we need your help.
As part of our COVID-19 Emergency Operations Plan, we will be operating with less people on calls. We will be doing this to minimize the risk of exposure to our crew and you, the community. If we suspect that any of our members have contracted COVID-19 or they have been diagnosed with the virus, that member will be out of service for weeks as would any volunteer who was working directly with that person. The more members we are forced to sideline, the less we will have to respond to calls. We need to avoid this from happening, so we will be taking extra precautions when we arrive at your home. For example, you will notice that many of Atlantic Beach Rescue’s crews will now be using special equipment, such as masks, gloves and even gowns, especially on EMS calls, to protect you and them.
Now, more than ever, if you call for help, please make sure it is a true emergency that requires an ambulance. If it is a true emergency, when you call please make sure to provide a clear description of the symptoms that you are experiencing to the dispatcher who takes your call. If you have been diagnosed as being infected with the COVID-19 virus, please state that clearly to the dispatcher when you call. We will always respond to any call, but we can serve you better and protect you, and our members if we are prepared. Conversely, if your medical situation is not an emergency, and you can get to the hospital safely on your own, or with the help of a friend or other third party, please do that, rather than call for an ambulance.
If you call us for a non-urgent call, you could potentially be committing our emergency vehicles and personnel and increasing their risk of exposure when another member of the community has an emergency and needs our services more immediately. For this reason, we ask that you only call us for true emergencies to ensure that our services are available for those of our neighbors who need it most.
Thank you, Atlantic Beach, for working in partnership with us. We will get through this together.
THE CHIEFS, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH RESCUE
COVID-19 TESTING SITES:
JONES BEACH- CALL FOR APPT- 888-364-3065
PRO HEALTH- CALL FOR APPT- 516 874-0411
COVID-19 PUBLIC NOTICE
Dear Community Members:
We, at Atlantic Beach Rescue, are now operating under special COVID-19 directives designed to protect our volunteers, and you, our neighbors. Our members are no strangers to risk. We are committed to serving Atlantic Beach with EMS and Rescue protection even in these perilous times. For us to continue to do our job as the COVID-19 virus continues to spread and requires us to respond to more and more calls, we need your help.
As part of our COVID-19 Emergency Operations Plan, we will be operating with less people on calls. We will be doing this to minimize the risk of exposure to our crew and you, the community. If we suspect that any of our members have contracted COVID-19 or they have been diagnosed with the virus, that member will be out of service for weeks as would any volunteer who was working directly with that person. The more members we are forced to sideline, the less we will have to respond to calls. We need to avoid this from happening, so we will be taking extra precautions when we arrive at your home. For example, you will notice that many of Atlantic Beach Rescue’s crews will now be using special equipment, such as masks, gloves and even gowns, especially on EMS calls, to protect you and them.
Now, more than ever, if you call for help, please make sure it is a true emergency that requires an ambulance. If it is a true emergency, when you call please make sure to provide a clear description of the symptoms that you are experiencing to the dispatcher who takes your call. If you have been diagnosed as being infected with the COVID-19 virus, please state that clearly to the dispatcher when you call. We will always respond to any call, but we can serve you better and protect you, and our members if we are prepared. Conversely, if your medical situation is not an emergency, and you can get to the hospital safely on your own, or with the help of a friend or other third party, please do that, rather than call for an ambulance.
If you call us for a non-urgent call, you could potentially be committing our emergency vehicles and personnel and increasing their risk of exposure when another member of the community has an emergency and needs our services more immediately. For this reason, we ask that you only call us for true emergencies to ensure that our services are available for those of our neighbors who need it most.
Thank you, Atlantic Beach, for working in partnership with us. We will get through this together.
THE CHIEFS, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH RESCUE
COVID-19 TESTING SITES:
JONES BEACH- CALL FOR APPT- 888-364-3065
PRO HEALTH- CALL FOR APPT- 516 874-0411
FROM SEWER DISTRICT:
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SEWER DISTRICT
Greetings from The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District.
We are your Sanitary Sewer District, serving East Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Beach Estates and The Village of Atlantic Beach.
We are contacting you today with a very important problem, one that we need your help to fix.
At this time our District is receiving very large amounts of wipes, diapers, feminine hygiene products, medical waste and other non-degradable materials in our sewers. Because these products do not disintegrate in wastewater like toilet tissue does, they collect to form clogs in our pipes, our pumps, and in our biological process.
The clogging of our pipes and pumps is a danger to our community-clogs can make raw sewage back up into residents homes and create a public health hazard. Additionally, it creates more work for our personnel, who are diligently performing their jobs under these difficult emergency conditions.
Our hope is that all of our residents will assist us during this difficult time and refrain from flushing trash into the wastewater system.
Please remain healthy and safe.
Keith Pearsall
Superintendent
Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District
Keithgabwrd@gmail.com
516-239-6777
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SEWER DISTRICT
Greetings from The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District.
We are your Sanitary Sewer District, serving East Atlantic Beach, Atlantic Beach Estates and The Village of Atlantic Beach.
We are contacting you today with a very important problem, one that we need your help to fix.
At this time our District is receiving very large amounts of wipes, diapers, feminine hygiene products, medical waste and other non-degradable materials in our sewers. Because these products do not disintegrate in wastewater like toilet tissue does, they collect to form clogs in our pipes, our pumps, and in our biological process.
The clogging of our pipes and pumps is a danger to our community-clogs can make raw sewage back up into residents homes and create a public health hazard. Additionally, it creates more work for our personnel, who are diligently performing their jobs under these difficult emergency conditions.
Our hope is that all of our residents will assist us during this difficult time and refrain from flushing trash into the wastewater system.
Please remain healthy and safe.
Keith Pearsall
Superintendent
Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District
Keithgabwrd@gmail.com
516-239-6777