About REMO
Mission
The purpose of REMO is to establish and coordinate an Emergency Medical Services System which will properly provide the region with needed emergency medical services using all the accepted modalities of life support including pre-hospital basic and advanced life support, properly staffed hospital emergency departments, and the designation of regional critical care centers.
Furthermore REMO will stimulate, guide, and nurture the development of such a system with the quality of excellence, placing individual departments, hospitals, organizations, committees, physicians, and ancillary medical personnel secondary to the emergency medical needs of the people.
About REMO
The Regional Emergency Medical Organization of the Hudson-Mohawk Valley (REMO) is one of 18 State-designated Program Agencies servicing the needs of New York State pre-hospital EMS providers. REMO operates within a six-county region of New York State, including Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, and Schenectady. These 3500 square miles include a population of over 900,000 and account for an annual call volume in excess of 150,000.
2025 Hudson-Mohawk REMSCO Officers:
Chair
James Stairs
Vice-Chair
Alan Bell
Treasurer
PJ Keeler
Secretary
Carol Brandt
2025 Hudson-Mohawk REMSCO Members:
Albany County Representatives
Erin Kelly
Dennis Wood
Columbia County Representatives
PJ Keeler*
Steve Meehan
Greene County Representatives
Steve Near
Rensselaer County Representatives
Kathleen Allen
Ben Bornhorst
Saratoga County Representatives
Chris Congero
Brian Terry
Schenectady County Representatives
Shannon Powers
Dean Romano
Physician's Council Members
Michael Dailey
Rob McHugh
At Large Members
Anand Balasar
Alan Bell*
Carol Brandt*
Art Breault
Richard Cellucci
AnnMarie Cross
Adam Fink
Lynn Kane
Steve Kroll
Dale Lingenfelter
Otto Madsen
Steve Retzlaff
Jeremiah Rodd
Jim Stairs*
Maria Walker
Charles Welge
*Officers
REMO consists of: the REMSCO (Regional Emergency Medical Services Council), the REMAC (Regional Medical Advisory Committee), and the Regional EMS Program Agency.
The REMSCO is authorized under Article 30 of New York State Public Health Law (section 3002) as a non-profit corporation consisting of both pre-hospital and hospital providers and serves as the governing body of the organization.
The REMAC is authorized under Article 30 (section 3004-a) to provide Medical Control, system-wide quality improvement, and educational programs for all regional pre-hospital providers.
The Regional EMS Program Agency is authorized under Article 30 (section 3000-a) to facilitate the development and operation of an emergency medical services system within the region, and provide support staff for the Medical Advisory Committee (REMAC).
REMO is also responsible for providing EMS Education in the REMO Region.
REMO has many EMS courses including NYSDOH EMT.
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Holidays
The following thirteen days are observed as holidays by REMO:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
President's Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Election Day
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
The REMO office will be closed on each of these days.