Editing West Bloomfield, New York (section)

==== EMS/Ambulance ====
For many years (~1960's-2005), the town operated its own volunteer ambulance squad. Due to low membership, aging equipment and rising costs of operation, the squad was disbanded around 2004/2005. The town initially contracted with a local paid private ambulance service that covered the neighboring towns of [[East Bloomfield, New York|East Bloomfield]] and [[Bristol, New York|Bristol]]. Both those towns however either began paying their members or increased volunteerism and dropped the paid private service, resulting in fewer ambulances in the area and increasingly longer response times. In late 2014, the Chief of the fire department approached the Town Supervisor about concerns regarding the fire departments already limited EMS staffing being forced to deal with increased wait times for an ambulance. In 2015, the town severed its contract with the private service and entered into a new contract with the neighboring municipality of [[Honeoye Falls, New York|Honeoye Falls]] for use of their ambulance and Paramedic fly-car services on a regular basis.