CARMEL – A 10-year veteran of emergency medical services has been selected to be the Putnam County Director of Emergency Medical Services. Alex Roehner, a mother of two, is replacing Casey Quake who resigned in January following criticism from several fire departments and EMS personnel for his involvement in changing the county’s EMS ambulance service earlier this year.
A native of Washington, DC, Roehner studied at the University of Maryland and has pursued a number of different career paths before devoting herself to the EMS field.
The new director gained EMS experience by working for an ambulance provider in the City of Yonkers and continued her EMS education resulting in certification as a paramedic.
Roehner is also credited with helping to start a Community Para-Medicine program with local hospitals.
