Virginia Tech Rescue Squad
The Virginia Tech Rescue Squad (VTRS) is an emergency medical services (EMS) agency that serves the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Founded in 1969, it is an all-volunteer, student-run organization that provides emergency medical service to the University community. Virginia Tech Rescue Squad maintains four advanced life support ambulances, a first response vehicle, a command vehicle, a John Deere gator 4x4 special response vehicle and a special operations truck with in-station crews ready for service 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The crew also maintains a Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Response Trailer and a Mobile Utility and Logistics Equipment (MULE) trailer.
The agency responds to an average of 1,200 calls per year and provides stand-by emergency medical services for large events on the campus of Virginia Tech, including home football games held in Lane Stadium.[citation needed]
It is the second oldest student-run volunteer EMS agency in the nation behind Saint Michael's Fire & Rescue,[1] as well as the first provider of Advanced life support in the Montgomery County, Virginia area.
References
- ^ Kyle, Susan Nichol (June 2007). "First Responders Recall Virginia Tech Tragedy". EMS Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2009.
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