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Why Should You Support the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad Foundation?
When you make a donation to the Foundation, you may designate it to help a specific rescue squad, or you may direct it to be invested in a fund that benefits the Virginia Beach volunteer rescue system as a whole.
- The Virginia Beach volunteer rescue squads of today serve a population of more than 440,000 residents, plus 2.8 million tourists who visit the resort area annually.
- Citywide, the Squads respond to over 39,000 calls per year and have a 97% customer satisfaction rating.
- The 10 volunteer rescue squads combined operate 33 ambulances, three squad trucks, six boats, support and command vehicles, a state-of-the art dive truck and locating equipment (side scan sonar) and have over 900 volunteers, augmented with 50 career paramedics and supervisors.
- Volunteers’ time on behalf of public health and safety is valued at over $22 million each year.
- The Squads have equipment and infrastructure assets of more than $5 million, and they raise $2.1 million each year in private contributors.
- The service still does not charge its patients for services
