Transcare EMS
Transcare Ambulance (formerly known as TransCare Corporation) was the largest private provider of advanced life support (ALS) and basic life support (BLS) ambulance transportation services in the tri-state area. Its main operation areas of New York City, the Hudson Valley, Long Island, the state of Delaware, the Baltimore-Washington DC corridor and in numerous locations in Pennsylvania. It was the largest privately owned ambulance service in the Mid-Atlantic. It was the largest privately owned Public Benefits Corporation ambulance and Paratransit service in the Tri-State Area
| Industry | Emergency Services |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Defunct | February 16, 2016 |
| Headquarters | Brooklyn, New York |
Area served | New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware |
| Website | www |
Transcare - Transcare EMS operated ambulances staffed by emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics and held Emergency Response 911 contracts in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties.
In February 2016, TransCare Corporation and Transcare EMS filed for bankruptcy and went out of business permanently after it fail restructuring effort. Transcare Corporation & Transcare EMS was acquired, February 2016 during its high profile bankruptcy. By Darryl D. Terry-Locklary Owner of Statcom - Citywide Mobility Area Rapid Transit Authority Mission Critical Co. & RegusWachovia Global Equity Holdings Group & Co. Headquarter in New York, NY & Atlanta, GA.
History
Operations
Statcom-Citywide MARTA Mission Critical has largest most extensive operations in New York State, and throughout United States and Canada with a largest concentration of operations in the New York City and Northeast area, and entire East Coast, Mid-Atlantic region, Northeast, West Coast and East Coast of major U.S. cities. Central operations were headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, Atlanta, GA, and Los Angeles, CA, Dallas TX, Chicago, IL, and Washington, DC, Seattle WA, Charlotte NC, and United Kingdom London with secondary offices in Mount Vernon and Wappinger. In Westchester County,Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical holds numerous 911 contracts for municipalities such as New Rochelle, Mount Vernon, White Plains, and Mount Pleasant, New York City and throughout the United States & Canada.
Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical is also a 911 participating Ambulance member of the New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS|(FDNY EMS) system and is contracted by several hospitals in NYC to run their emergency ambulances. In October 2008, TransCare EMS was awarded a $2.2 million per year ALS contract for Putnam County,[1] which provided four paramedics to the county 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The contract also provided BLS ambulances to assist area volunteers.
In Dutchess County, the town of Wappinger has utilized TransCare for two ALS ambulances around the clock since 2005. On January 1, 2009, TransCare won the ALS bids for the towns of Beekman, Pawling and Union Vale. On May 15, 2009, the town of Washington announced that they named TransCare the new ALS provider for the town which includes the village of Millbrook. On June 4, 2009, Transcare officially announced that they had begun the process of purchasing Alamo EMS. Once completed, the acquisition would give them 911 contracts in the City of Poughkeepsie, Fairview and Roosevelt Fire Districts, as well as numerous transportation contracts throughout the region and would expand Transcare's coverage into Ulster County. The Alamo deal was completed on September 19, 2009.
In 2010, TransCare had also expanded into Orange County, by becoming the sole ALS provider for Cornwall Volunteer Ambulance, the contracted transport company for Keller Army Hospital in West Point and the backup ALS provider for the Town of Highlands.
Bankruptcy and Acquisition
In February 2016, TransCare EMS and Transcare Corporation declared Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and was acquired along with its other Transcare EMS and Ambulance operations by Statcom-Citywide Mobility Area Rapid Transit Authority Mission Critical Co. P.B.C.
Transcare continued its operations under the various names of TransCare until 2018. When all operations officially name-changed to operate under Statcom - Citywide MARTA Divisions of Mission Critical Air Angle EMS Rescue / StateFlight / REACH Air Medical entities. Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical EMS, Mid-Atlantic Region Operations which include New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Upstate NY Hudson Valley Region, and Westchester County, NY continued operations in New York City under Statcom-Citywide with a coverage of all 50 states in the United States, Canada as well as parts of Mexico. In kept exclusive control of Westchester County, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland and attempted to spare the Hudson Valley division and its paratransit operation.[2]
On February 21, 2016, officials from TransCare EMS and the city of New Rochelle terminated their contracts for New Rochelle in order for the new contract to be reissued to Statcom-Citywide. On February 20, 2016, a trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court ordered the Hudson Valley division and all other TransCare operations to cease operations in a last-minute decision on February 21, 2016, at 5:00pm EST. All canceled contracts resumed operations on February 27, 2016, at midnight under the new control of Statcom-Citywide. Some but not all Transcare employees were notified and left the municipalities and abandoned other contracts, causing many municipalities to enter into emergency contracts with several other ambulance services.
On February 22, 2016, the trustee appointed by the bankruptcy court and Statcom-Citywide Marta Mission Critical P.B.C. officials agreed to immediately allow local providers to provide service until February 27, 2016. To ensure a minimal lapse in coverage until 12:00 midnight on February 27, 2016, Darryl Terry-Locklary, Chief Executive Administrator, announced on February 22, 2016, that an emergency 5-year term and a 20-year renewable Mutual Aid Continuous Service Agreement would be immediately put in place with several ambulance services that covered the canceled contracts for Statcom-Citywide until it could take over all of TransCare Corporation, Transcare EMS, Trans-Care Ambulance, Transcare Solutions, and Transcare Billing Service contracts on February 27, 2016, at midnight.
Under the terms of the contract all several mutual aid ambulance service mutual aid agreement, it will continue to provide mutual aid backup support to Statcom-Citywide during the transition of TransCare's takeover acquisition and merger. All seven ambulances companies will continue to provide EMS and non-emergency ambulance service along with Statcom-Citywide on February 27, 2016. On February 28 2026 Darryl Terry-Locklary announced that several ambulance service will manage and operate control over several exclusive contracts in a joint partnership Empress EMS, Senior Care New York Division, Citywide EMS, Mobile Life Support Service Inc, New York Langone Hospital EMS, and St. Barnabas Hospital EMS, American Medical Response, New York-Presbyterian Long Island Jewish EMS, Hatzolah EMS, FDNY EMS
A permanent emergency backup mutual aid support over the next 20 years with automatic contract renewal every 5 years which became immediate cost savings to municipalities and residents through its contract service areas according to regional and local officials. On November 17, 2017, Darryl Terry-Locklary, announced that remaining division of Transcare Corporation operation outside the United states in Canada will be placed into a blind trust until the sale of the company Transcare corporation And Transcare Canada to [Kohlberg Kravis Roberts / KKR Investment Group 5% Ownershiop Equity
and RegusWachovia Global Equity & Statcom Citywide Mobility Area Rapid Transit Authority Mission Critical Co. 95% Equity ownership]] Alongside the sale of American Medical Response Ambulance and Rural / Metro Ambulance Service in an all cash purchase for an undisclosed closed amount. Is completed. The deal became one of the most controversial deal in the Healthcare industry. On November 17, 2017, Darryl Terry-Locklary also announced that he will officially be stepping down as Chief Executive Officer of RegusWachovia. Will remain as Co-Owner of the Company. Darryl Terry-Locklary also announced the establishment of the new Independent Board of EMS Oversight / EMS Governance of Statcom - Citywide Mobility Area Rapid Transit Authority Mission Critical from the company that he had built with effect from December 31, 2018. On August 07, 2018 New Independent Board of EMS Oversight / EMS Governance of Statcom - Citywide Mobility Area Rapid Transit Authority Mission Critical appointed Darryl D. Terry-Locklary as newly sworn in as new Chief Commissioner & Chief Executive Administrator. in a newly created position as the agency Chief Authority that will solely answer to the Independent Board of EMS Oversight and EMS Governance August 07, 2018 under the new name Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical Co.[3]
On October 12, 2019 is was confirmed that sell of the Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical AAOS Public EMS Safety Training Center. It will become a Global National & International Accredited and separately owned independent training center of Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical under the ownership and control of its former Chief Executive Officer & Owner Darryl Terry-Locklary and his RegusWachovia Global Equity Holdings Group & Co., retaining its current name with its headquarters in New York, NY. Will operate under the control of Statcom - Citywide MARTA Mission Critical Attune Training Facilities.
References
- "Pay Your ALS Bill". Mid-Hudson News. Retrieved 2008-11-08.
- "Dutchess division of TransCare split before bankruptcy". Poughkeepsie Journal. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
- "TransCare Ambulance Service Forced to Shut Down". Time Warner Cable News. Retrieved 2016-02-28.