Membership
The Harrisonburg Rescue Squad is an all volunteer organization that answers over 7,200 calls each year. This squad is dependent on people like you to volunteer your time to provide care for those in need. Volunteering has many intangible benefits and is exceptionally rewarding for our providers as well.
Who Can Volunteer? You!
To become a member of Rescue 40 you need to complete and observer shift, maintain a valid CPR certification, and submit the membership application.
If accepted, all members are required to attend an Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC) within four months. Free in-house EVOC classes are offered almost monthly that are specific to HRS Standard Operating Procedures.
If not already certified, senior and associate members are required to be enrolled in an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class within 6 months of joining. Membership with Rescue 40 allows you GUARANTEED seating for classes at our station with free tuition. Additional classes are regularly offered in the area.
As previously mentioned we require each applicant to complete an observer shift with our agency prior to accepting your application. This gives you the opportunity to see what Rescue 40 is all about and decide if you are willing to make the serious commitment to improving the lives of those in our community. Please review all information on the observer form and the observer dress code before the start of your observer shifts.
Our agency uses TimeTrade scheduling to allow people to sign up for an observer shift. Links to schedule those shifts are below. Observer shifts are available all days of the week during the following times:
A Shift: 7:00am - 1:00pm (Click to Schedule A Shift)
B Shift: 1:00pm – 7:00pm (Click to Schedule B Shift)
C SHift: 7:00pm – 11:00pm. (Click to Schedule C Shift)
Any questions or concerns you have may be directed via email to our membership committee at: membership@rescue40.org.
Thank you for your interest!
Hilary Jacobson,
Membership Chair
News & Updates
Keep up with the latest information from Harrisonburg Rescue Squad.
Photos
Below are pictures from some of events and incidents that HRS has been a part of.
Contact Us
If you have an emergency please call 911.
The non-emergency number for our agency is 540-434-2323. While we are here 24 hours per day, you are most likely to be able to contact someone by calling during business hours Monday through Friday.
Harrisonburg Rescue
Harrisonburg Rescue Squad is a volunteer agency that provides service to Harrisonburg and parts of Rockingham County. HRS owns and maintains a full fleet complete with ambulances, response vehicles, a Heavy Rescue Vehicle, and a Mass Casualty Incident Response Unit. They offer new member training, EVOC certification, and many other EMS courses. R40 has over 120 active volunteer members and responds to over 7000 calls-for-service per year. The volunteers take pride in the ability to provide extensive life-saving services to the local community.
There are many ways to show your support for the community and Harrisonburg Rescue Squad. Browse through the membership pages and find out how you can become an asset to the team, click the donate banner and show your monetary support, or contact us and share your kind words and comments. We continue to rely heavily on backing from the community and are extremely appreciative of any support we receive.
Tammy Blizzard
Rescue 40 is extremely sad to announce the passing of long time member Tammy Blizzard. Tammy joined joined the HRS family in 1984 and has been an invaluable asset to us and to all of the lives that she has touched over the years. Her family will receive friends and family at Johnson Funeral Home this Sunday between 6pm and 7pm. A funeral service will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Monday, February 25, 2013 at Johnson Funeral Service Chapel in Bridgewater, with Pastor Darren Howdeyshell officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Mt. Sidney. Harrisonburg Rescue Squad would also like to invite all friends and family to our station for a reception and celebration of Tammy's life after the service. Thank you, Brandon Peavy, Chief
Community Outreach
Over the summer local day cares have visited the station to learn about safety and everything that happens at the rescue squad. On August 7, we will be at the National Night Out event in Harrisonburg showing off an ambulance and our squad truck and teaching families about EMS.
Special Operations
The technical rescue capablities at Harrisonburg Rescue Squad continue to expand. Special Operations members have been busy maintaining our squad truck and MCI trailer, attending continuing education courses all over the country, and responding to calls to provide assistance to other local agencies.