For Immediate Release

January 24, 2013

Virginia Beach, Va. – The Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation has announced the following squads as 2013 grant recipients:

• Chesapeake Beach Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad – $15,000 to be used toward purchasing a Glidescope and a Stryker Stretcher.
• Kempsville Volunteer Rescue Squad – $5,000 for hi-visibility reflective safety jackets.
• Ocean Park Volunteer Fire and Rescue Squad – $13,600 to be used to purchase a Glidescope, ALS Lifecycle Replacement and additional ancillary equipment for a newly obtained Stryker Pro Stretcher.
• Princess Anne Courthouse Volunteer Rescue Squad – $17,000 of which $14,500 is to be used toward the purchase of Stryker Power-Pro Stretcher and $2,500 is to be applied toward equipment and supplies for its new community CPR training program.

The Foundation’s grant program has awarded a total of $50,600, focusing on providing the City of Virginia Beach’s volunteer rescue squad entities with a fiscal alternative to improve their overall operational capability. Grants are made to eligible volunteer rescue squad entities to sponsor training, equipment and community outreach related to pre-hospital emergency care.

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The Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting the Virginia Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc., as well as the entire volunteer emergency medical system in Virginia’s largest city. It is our vision to advocate for an independent and vital volunteer Virginia Beach rescue system, which provides free pre-hospital emergency care to the citizens and visitors of Virginia Beach. Foundation initiatives include recruitment, retention, advocacy and education efforts, among others. For more information, visit www.vbrescuefoundation.org.