To all residents and those seeking to visit the Town of Hunter and the Village of Tannersville,
Following Governor Cuomo’s executive order to implement PAUSE (Policies that Assure Uniform Safety for Everyone), we ask that residents and visitors DO NOT access our trailheads, public recreational areas, local landmarks or attempt to access the High Peaks within the Town of Hunter and Village of Tannersville until further notice.
Yesterday on March 23rd, the Town of Hunter and Village of Tannersville received the following correspondence from Greene County EMS Coordinator Sean Hotaling:
“As we all can see the situation with COVID-19 is changing daily and there are still many uncertainties, it has been decided that fire department first response will only be dispatched for any ECHO level call, or DELTA level cardiac arrest call during this temporary policy. This decision was taken with responder safety at the fore front. It is imperative that we all protect ourselves as best we can. The lack of large amounts of the proper PPE has unfortunately put the County’s fragile EMS system in a tough position.”
Our Ambulance crews as always will respond to ALL dispatched calls and the paramedic fly cars are still doing their normal responses when dispatched. We take our responsibility to protect our local first responders and all those who are residing in the Town and Village very seriously and ask that you also take this warning very seriously. This will put anyone who needs assistance on our Town accessed State Trails at much greater risk if you choose to ignore this message.
Additionally, we ask all within our Town and Village borders to take the calls for Social Distancing seriously. We have seen many of our trailheads, parking lots and playgrounds packed with cars and people, children playing Soccer and Basketball and riding bicycles in groups down our streets. We have seen packed lines at our local supermarket.
This is not acceptable behavior that will help slow this virus down.
Finally, The Town Board of Hunter and Village of Tannersville would like to remind everyone, that this crisis is TEMPORARY. We will get through this together as a community, and we will once again welcome all who wish to visit and recreate within our borders again as soon as it is safe to do so.
Respectfully,
The Town Board of Hunter and the Village Board of Tannersville