Killingly-Brooklyn Ambulance Corps, Inc

Yesterday:

K-B Ambulance Corps was organized in 1939 as an all volunteer corps serving the towns of Killingly and Brooklyn Connecticut. The original headquarters was established on Furnace Street in Danielson in the current location of The Imperial Room. The first service of its kind in Northeastern Connecticut, K-B Ambulance Corps is the primary emergency medical transport provider for the Town of Killingly.

Today:

K-B Ambulance is a non-profit organization.  We routinely assist other area services on a call-by-call basis as needed. With our three ambulances, we average 175 EMS calls a month.  In 1980, K-B moved to its current location on Westcott Road, a former body shop retrofitted to meet the Corps needs. In the early 1990's, the town of Brooklyn formed its own ambulance service. As the Mortlake Fire Company, it handles the largest call volume on an all volunteer basis in this area of the state.

Staff:

In 1995 K-B added a full-time paid administrator, one part-time and two full-time  Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). Today, the full time K-B staff consists of an Administrator, EMS Operations Manager, Billing Manager,  three full time EMTs and two part time EMTs.

Paid crews now protect our community Monday thru Friday, 6 a.m.- 6 p.m., and 24 hours a day Saturday and Sunday. They are supplemented by a force of 34 volunteer EMTs and 21 Medical Response Technicians. They cover the time when paid staff is not on duty and also handle any second and third crew calls.