Cottage Ambulance Foundation

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“To be elected as a member of the company, an applicant for membership must be nominated by an existing member. An existing member may sponsor one applicant per year. Applicants must meet professional rescuer training requirements, in which an appicant must possess a valid advanced first aid, first responder or emergency medical technician card, and also a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr) card. In addition to meeting the professional rescuer training requirements, an applicant must be at least 16 years of age, submit an application in writing, and live in the company's service coverage area or within the area of mutual aid coverage, provided the applicant does not belong to another volunteer ambulance company.”

“Members are responsible for (1) electing officers, who serve for one-year terms,and trustees, who serve for five-year terms, (2) approving all significant operational and management decisions/actions, (3) approving changes to the company's by-laws, and (4) electing a board of directors, who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the company's operations. The board of directors are assigned by the president and comprise the following: president, a minimum of three trustees, line officers (captains and lieutenants), operations manager, supervisor, corporate compliance officer, and additional members/employees as determined by the president or the trustees. The president will not hold any voting privileges, except that of a tie-breaking nature. Further, the trustees must approve the final decisions/actions taken by the board of directors. If at any time the members believe the board of directors has not managed matters appropriately, the member may contact the company's attorney or follow the corporate compliance policy to expose facts or present the issue for discussion at the regularly scheduled membership meeting.”

“The outside accounting firm prepares a draft form 990 return from information provided to them by the organization. The outside accounting firm then provides a draft of the form 990 return to the organization for review and approval. The draft form 990 is reviewed by officers and key employees responsible for the organization's financial affairs/records and the organization's key management/operational decisions, including but not limited to the executive director, treasurer and captain. Any corrections are provided to the outside accounting firm, who will make the corrections. A final form 990 return is then filed with the internal revenue service.”

“The organization makes its governing documents and financial information available for inspection by the public or other interested parties at its administrative offices by request monday through friday during normal business hours.”

“Cottage ambulance foundation ("caf") is an affiliate of cottage hose ambulance corp., inc. ("chac"). Chac strives to deliver the highest quality pre-hospital care to the residents of the greater carbondale area and surrounding commmunities on a 24 hour a day, 7 day per week basis. Areas served include carbondale, carbonale township and fell township in lackawanna county, as well as the surrounding areas of lackawanna, wayne and susquehanna counties. Services include, but are not limited to, advanced life support, basic life support, invalid transportation, non- emergency ambulance and van transportation, and fire suppression and rescue services. All services are provided in a non-discriminatory manner, with special consideration to those medically and/or financially disadvantaged. Caf provides emergency medical training support to members and employees of chac, as well as to the communties served by chac. Effective january 1, 2011, certain employees of chac became employees of caf. As employees of caf, these employees provide services only to chac.”

“Support of cottage hose ambulance corp, inc.”