Fifty Years of First Response

Madison Geddes '24 served as the chief of operations for Geneseo First Response in 2023-2024, and worked with University Police Chief Scott Ewanow '06 for the position. Ewanow serves as GFR board president and is a GFR alum. /Photo by Matt Burkhartt

Madison Geddes '24, at right, with University Police Chief Scott Ewanow '06. (/ Matt Burkhartt)

Last year, Madison Geddes ’24 and Geneseo First Response crews of emergency medical technicians answered more than 200 calls around campus, regardless of whether it was 3 a.m. or 3 p.m. 

The EMTs who responded to the calls were student volunteers.

“The calls all came from college students who didn’t know what to do in a situation—and they called us for help,” says Geddes, who served as chief of operations. 

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