HOW YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE Become an Active Member Many of our members start out with no training or expertise in emergency medicine, and receive all training and guidance to receive their certification from the City of Virginia Beach, which has an exceptional start-to-finish training program designed to accomodate the schedules of people with jobs, families, or other daytime obligations. If you already have certification as EMT, First Responder, or ALS (Advanced Life Support), either from other states, military training, or college courses, the EMS Administration office can help you apply that certification to quickly become a running member of the Rescue Squad. After becoming certified, you are asked to run four 12-hour duties a month, with flexible scheduling based on the available dates you provide. You’ll also get to participate in events like EMS Appreciation Day, squad-organized adventure trips, camping trips, parties, picnics and more. Call the EMS Admin Office to apply or find out more: (757) 385-1999. Become an Administrative Member If you want to help out but aren’t sure about becoming certified, why not become an “admin member”? We always need help around the squad with something. An admin member is a full member of Rescue 1, the only difference being that an admin member does not ride on the ambulance. If you have a skill, talent or hobby that can help us, let us know. If you become an admin member, we ask that you help out 20 hours a month. Admin members often help out with even tplanning, fund drive work, squad promotion, cleaning, organizing, and anything else that a non-profit organization needs to handle. Make a Donation If your time is scarce but you still want to help, donations of money and equipment are not only highly appreciated—they are the only reason the Volunteer Rescue Squads survive! All of our equipment, including the ambulances themselves, is bought using donations from the community. In addition to saving millions of city dollars, the donation-supported system provides a great opportunity for citizens of Virginia Beach to show their civic pride and help maintain the country’s largest volunteer rescue system. We can always make great use of donated equipment, computers, vehicles, and more! Call us at (757) 464-0594, or write Ocean Park Fire and Rescue, PO Box 5545, Virginia Beach VA 23471.