by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Feb 14, 2018 | Rescue Lines
Congratulations! Between September 28, 2017 and February 8, 2018, the individuals below advanced to the following EMT certification levels: Tenured ALS Braithwaite, Robert Senior Achesinski, April Carey, John Leach, James Life Glaser, Jonathan Smith, Leslie Smith,...
by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Feb 14, 2018 | Rescue Lines
Tell us about your nonprofit background. I started in nonprofit development work right out of college at WHRO, first as a volunteer, then in a paid role. Early on, I was in awe of how nonprofits worked from behind-the-scenes, and the satisfaction of the work itself is...
by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Feb 14, 2018 | Rescue Lines
You could feel the pride and appreciation all over Virginia Beach’s highest peak and most popular park last spring. Rock the Squads achieved the goal of the principal sponsors – the City of Virginia Beach and its Department of EMS, Sentara Healthcare and the...
by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Feb 14, 2018 | Rescue Lines
By Joel Rubin The best time to meet the most volunteer EMTs at any station is around 6:00 p.m., when the day shift checks out and the overnight one checks in. At Station 9 I met Katie East and Dan Russell, who both have run rescue for nearly six years and are partners...
by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Oct 11, 2017 | Rescue Lines
St. Patrick’s Day is a day the Marshall family will never forget. Virginia Beach resident Phyllis Marshall, 74, was enjoying a typical Friday evening at home; she’d just finished watching a movie with her husband, Robert and son, Ritchie. “I went to the kitchen and...
by Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation | Oct 11, 2017 | Rescue Lines
There is a daily association between the volunteer rescue squads of Virginia Beach and the hospitals in the city operated by Sentara Healthcare. Ambulances run by the ten squads bring their sick or injured persons to Sentara Virginia Beach General and Sentara Princess...
