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Harrisonburg Rescue Squad is actively seeking new applicants for Driving Membership!  Training is provided.  HRS offer’s an in-house Emergency Vehicle Operator’s Certification (E.V.O.C.) course to train you on the rules of the road when behind the wheel of an emergency vehicle.  Operating an ambulance is both exciting and rewarding as you contribute by driving your crew safely to aid those in need, assist the EMT’s and Medics with scene operations or packaging the patient for transport, and then deliver your patient to the hospital carefully while care is rendered to them.  Because the EVOC course is offered at our station frequently,

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On February 2, 2012 around 2300 hours, Harrisonburg Rescue, Squad 41, and Engine 402 responded to a vehicle crash with reported overturned vehicle and people trapped on Mt. Clinton Pike just outside the City of Harrisonburg, Va. Upon arrival, units found one male patient ejected and two female patients trapped underneath an SUV that was on its side. Immediately crews began stabilization of the vehicle while treating the patients that were trapped under the vehicle.  Aircare 5 was requested to the scene along with 2 additional Harrisonburg Ambulances.  The two trapped patients were positioned on opposite sides of the vehicles

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