However, the police department & ambulance corps have an excellent working relationship till this day.

The fall of 2010 was the most turbulent time for the ambulance corps in recent memory.

Many officials said the best hope for ambulance corps is to attract younger volunteers.

Ridgefield students serve on the ambulance corps and the fire department.

He also helped create a local ambulance corps in Tuckahoe.

"Perhaps all they can be is an ambulance corps."

"I am still blaming the city, really, for knocking out a lot of the ambulance corps," he said.

But not all community hospitals or ambulance corps can afford such specialized supplies.

On the west side, where the orchards are, people still volunteer for the fire department or the ambulance corps and know their neighbors.

After serving in the ambulance corps, he developed an interest in medicine.