Spring and Fall
Fund Drive
Twice a year, we ask the neighbors we serve. Every gift goes toward the equipment, supplies, and training that keep a rig on the road.
Sample figures$38,400 raisedof $60,000 goal
Sponsorships welcomeGive
Serving Virginia Beach for more than 70 years
We are neighbors
We are neighbors
saving neighbors.
Life happens. And in Virginia Beach, volunteers trained in life-saving skills are all around you when it does.
For 70 years, you've been coming to our rescue so we can come to yours. Please continue supporting us.
Real VBVRS volunteers, from our community
Help us help others
How you can get involved
Three ways to be the person who shows up for your neighbors.
VolunteerJoin us. We need you.
Help us help others, and see the difference it makes in your own life. Start with a ride-along or the online application.
Become a volunteer
GiveEvery dollar counts.
You can be the difference that lets us answer every cry for help. One time or monthly, it all keeps a rig on the road.
Ways to give
LearnLearn CPR. Absolutely free.
70% of sudden cardiac arrests happen at home. Now you know. Come learn what to do.
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Who we are
An all-volunteer 501(c)(3), part of the Virginia Beach EMS system, run by your neighbors, for your neighbors.
Our mission
As members of the all-volunteer Virginia Beach Rescue Squad, we dedicate our efforts to saving lives, delivering quality emergency medical services, and providing community education and safety.
Our vision
A Virginia Beach where skilled help is always minutes away, no neighbor is ever billed for it, and answering the call remains a source of community pride for generations to come.
Proposed language, drafted for the squad's review.
The volunteer squad
You would be joining about 175 neighbors.
Our members are teachers, students, retirees, and shift workers who decided to be the person who shows up. You do not need a medical background. You need to care, and to show up. We handle the rest, including your training, at no cost to you.
- +Free training. That's right, free.
We certify you and keep you sharp, at no cost to you. - +Real shifts, real crews.
Duty nights and weekends, on a schedule that fits your life. - +Start by watching.
A ride-along lets you see a shift before you commit to anything.
Not ready to apply? Ride with us and see what it's like.
Accountable to the neighbors who fund us
Seventy years of showing up.
We are an all-volunteer 501(c)(3). Here is the work your support makes possible, in numbers you can check.
14,604
calls answered in 2024, about a third of the city's total
175
volunteer operational and administrative members
70+ yrs
serving Virginia Beach since May 1, 1952
45,000+
hours of community service donated every year
$24M+
in taxpayer savings every year, along with our sister squads
450k
residents served, plus 2.8 million visitors
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 54-6047133
Read our latest Form 990
The Foundation's Form 990
GuideStar profile
Squad Stories
My mother talks so warmly about the care you gave her in her time of need. Keep on sharing your gift; it does not go unnoticed.
A grateful patient's daughter, from the squad's current website
How Squad Stories carries over
VBVRS Foundation, support the mission
How the squad and the Foundation work together
Every dollar counts.
You can be the difference that lets us answer every cry for help.
We volunteer, but rescue is not free. Your gift buys the equipment, supplies, and training that let volunteers respond at no cost to the patient. Give one time or monthly, in honor or memory of someone, or to a campaign like the Fund Drive.
Give securely on Network for Good.
The platform the squad already uses. Your card details never touch this website.
Donate
Your neighbors, on call at dawn
Free training. That's right, free.
Learn to save a life.
Before the ambulance arrives, the person who can help is you. We teach Virginia Beach how to be ready, at no cost.
70% of sudden cardiac arrests happen at home. The life you save is most likely someone you love.
Dates are from the squad's current published class schedule. In the final build, seats are reserved through Microsoft Bookings, so the calendar stays current and confirmations are automatic.
Community
Show up with us.
Our events raise the funds and the friendships that keep the squad strong. Register, sponsor, or just come say hello.
Every spring
Oyster Fest
A Virginia Beach tradition: fresh oysters, live music, auctions, and support for your volunteer squad.
Tickets and sponsorsRegister
October
Protection in Pink
Our breast cancer awareness campaign, in pink, all month long across the fleet.
Join the campaignSee the campaign