100,000: in dollars, annual budget

20,000: in dollars, cost of each of the two of the new Life-Pack’s, an all-in-one machine which functions as defibrillator, cardiac monitor, pulse-oxygen reader, etc.

550: calls so far for 2006

200: students who tried to get into HF this year (biggest recruitment pool ever)

150: members

20: Basic Life Support Crew Chiefs

10: minimum hours of special training HF members must complete to be ambulance drivers. New York State requires none.

5: Advanced Life Support Crew Chiefs

3: in hours, length of test to become Harpur’s Ferry ambulance driver

2: paramedics

2: ambulances

2: Fly cars

1: John Deere Gator

1: Special Ops Trailer

0: cost Harpur’s Ferry bills to its patients