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Your home for EMS training and education!

Check out our training tab for opportunities in your area. 
 

2020 - VAVRS 85th Anniversary!

Since 1935 VAVRS has been serving the Virginia EMS community. 
 

To see the Strategic Plan for VAVRS please click on the plan below:

VAVRS Strategic Plan

Become a Member of VAVRS!

Member benefits include:

  1. Rescue College
  2. Attend Free Trainings
  3. District Meetings
  4. Death Benefit Plan
  5. Board of Governors meetings
  6. Association Directory
  7. Lifeline Magazine
  8. Association Discounts
  9. Advance your Leadership
  10. Family Activities
  11. Statewide Recognition
  12. Member only Opportunities
  13. VAVRS State Office
  14. Scholarships
  15. Social Opportunities
  16. Legislative
  17. Getting Started in the Field
  18. EMS Organizational Navigation
  19. Advertising your Organization

Click on our member tab above to get a copy
of our membership pricing and forms. 
 

New home owner grant opportunity for First Responders. 


 

 

Rescue College - 2019
Rescue College 2019 was a huge success this year. Please go to our Facebook page to see the photos we took.

Rescue College - 2020
Save the Date - Rescue College 2020 will take place June 12th-21st. 

Click here to download PDF of the 2020 VAVRS Rescue College Brochure

View the 2020 VAVRS Rescue College Brochure

Registration Open! - Click here to register through 123SignUp!

VAVRS/VSFA First Responder Virginia Convention 2020

The 2019 Convention was a great success - check back for information on next year's event

Website for 2019 Convention  - click here to go to it

Save This Date - 2020 First Responder Virginia Convention to be held September 23-26, 2020 in Virginia Beach

Scrapbook Theme
First Responders - "On Call For Life / Service Before Self"
VAVRS - IMPORTANT DATES

VAVRS Executive Committee Meeting 
Teleconference – 1st Saturday of each month at 9a
Leadership Challenge Summit for Officers
First Quarter 2020 – TBD – Oilville, VA

Articles for 1st Quarter VIRGINIA LIFELINE Due 
December 15, 2019

VAVRS Spring BOG Meeting
March 28, 2020 – Holiday Inn-Tanglewood, Roanoke, VA

EMS Week
May 17 – 23, 2020

National EMS Memorial Service
May, 2020 – dates/times TBA
Gaylord National Resort, Oxon Hill MD

VAVRS Rescue College 
June 12-21, 2020--Virginia Tech

First Responder Virginia 2020
VAVRS/VSFA Conference and Convention
September 23-26, 2020 – Virginia Beach Convention Center

Virginia EMS Symposium 
November 10-15, 2020 – Norfolk
November 2-7, 2021 – Norfolk

VAVRS Life Member and Hall of Fame Applications
Must be submitted by 12-31-2019
VAVRS Life Member/Hall of Fame Committee
P O Box 279
Oilville, VA  23129

 

Thank you for supporting VAVRS in 2019 through Grants and Sponsorships!

1. Carilion Clinic
2. Bank of America
3. Sentara
4. Walmart
5. Costco
6. Dominion Energy
7. The Wawa Foundation
 


Support VAVRS through donating!

Your support allows us to continue to provide the best training possible for our first responders. Your donation will go towards:

  1. Repairing and upgrading our training equipment, trailers and vehicles
  2. Providing training materials, manuals, brochures and books
  3. Helping to fund educational conferences for our instructors and first responders
  4. Providing needed technology for instructors
  5. Providing ongoing education for our instructors and staff 

Click on the Network for Good button below to help support our training efforts. 

 

If you shop at Amazon they will contribute 0.5% back to the VAVRS. Just click the link below to get started.

For more great updates and information go to our VAVRS Facebook page or our Instagram page.

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VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS' AND RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS' SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM


This Service Award Program for Volunteer Firefighters and Rescue Squad Workers (VOLSAP) was created by state statute, specifically § 51.1-1200–51.1-1211 of the Code of Virginia,
to provide a mechanism by which the state could facilitate optional retirement savings for volunteer firefighters and rescue squad workers throughout the Commonwealth.

Click Here to be taken to VOLSAP.ORG  

 

 


 

 

Member Spotlight

In August 2019 the VAVRS Executive Committee approved a $100.00 fee for non-VAVRS members to attend any VAVRS Course. 
 
Mission Statement
"The VAVRS shall promote and assist member rescue squads in improving pre-hospital care in Virginia."
 
Pre-hospital care shall mean providing rescue functions and rendering of emergency care for patients outside the hospital.

The VAVRS shall help its members improve pre-hospital care by:
•Providing training to it members.
•Improving communications and liaisons between agencies.
•Promoting legislation beneficial to pre-hospital providers.
•Providing management and assistance services.
•Promoting and recognizing pre-hospital providers.

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Virginia Association of 
Volunteer Rescue Squads, Inc.
P.O. Box 279
2535 Turkey Creek Road
Oilville, VA 23129
P: (804) 749-8191 / (800) 833-0602
F: (804-749-8910)

Business hours for the VAVRS State Office are Monday through Friday from 8:30 am until 5:00 pm.
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