Craig Prusansky:
CLASS OF 1986
Ketcham High SchoolClass of 1986
Wappingers falls, NY
John Jay High SchoolClass of 1986
Hopewell junction, NY
Our Lady of Lourdes High SchoolClass of 1986
Poughkeepsie, NY
Van Wyck Junior High SchoolClass of 1983
Wappingers falls, NY
Myers Corners Elementary SchoolClass of 1980
Wappingers falls, NY
Craig's Story
Life
I now live in Reddick, FL. I am retired from the fire department after a 30+ year career rising from a Basic EMT in NY to a District Captain in charge of EMS Quality Management. I now work as a Site Operations Engineer (SRE) for a large health care data company.
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School
After high school, I attended Northeastern University in Boston, MA to persue a career as a biomedical engineer. I had no idea what I was thinking. After realizing that I did not want to be an engineer, I decided to persue my childhood dream of being a firefighter-paramedic. I then attended DCC's EMT program, then Westchester CC's Paramedic program, then after becoming a Florida certified paramedic, I went through South Technical Institute's Firefighter Minimum Standards program (Fire Academy).
See my school profile for more. Basically, all I did in College was get drunk, high, and realize that I did NOT want to do what I had gone to college for (and yes, I know you shouldn't end your sentences in "for").
Workplace
Here is a brief rundown of my career:
1984-While in high school, I volunteered for Sloper-Willen Ambulance Service. I remained a volunteer with them until hired in 1988.
1986-Graduated high school, worked as camp counselor during summer. Went to college.
1987-Came back from college, worked for auto auction and ambulet...Expand for more
te company while in EMT school. At that time I joined the New Hamburg Fire District as a volunteer firefighter. After EMT school, worked for Empress Amb. in Yonkers and Abbey Richmond Amb. in White Plains/Port Chester.
1988-Was hired by Sloper-Willen Amb. in Wappingers
1989-Became a paramedic, worked part time as a police dispatcher for Wappingers Falls PD.
1990-Was hired by Village of Palm Springs Public Safety as firefighter/paramedic and moved to Florida.
1991-Was hired by Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue as firefighter/paramedic.
In between 1990 and 1994 I worked for a few ambulance services part-time (Atlantic, SAVES, Bethesda), as well as a brief stint for CompUSA.
1998-Was promoted to Lieutenant.
2007-Was promoted to Captain.
2010-Was promoted to District Captain.
2014 promoted to EMS CQI Coordinator/Quality Manager at HQ.
I retired in 2016 and started working for an ePCR company as their Special Projects coordinator. We were acquired by a much larger company, and in 2020 I was promoted to Site Operations Engineer, which is where I am now. If tech support can't fix the problem, it comes to my section.
2008-I took on a part-time job as a Paramedic with Universal Resort Orlando. It is a fun way to make a little extra money on my days off. In 2011 I was promoted to Trainer/Relief Team Leader and enjoy the challenges that brings. I retired from there in 2014, but went back in the fall of 2022 for a season. The commute got to be too much so I finished out the season.
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