Rush Fire Department, 1970-1989

The STEP Council of the Genesee Valley was founded in 1967, initially as the Study of Trauma and Emergencies Project (the present name was adopted in 1972). The organization was founded to train ambulance and emergency medical services (EMS) staff and find ways to improve their services. This included the development of the triplicate ambulance record (1970), Mobile Coronary Care Units (1969-1974), and the creation of the regional EMS Center (1980). A History Committee also collected materials related to the history and development of EMS services in Monroe County. The records consist of 65 letter boxes, including 10 boxes of historical material on regional EMS companies. Most of the material present consists of documents.