We will train you
The mission of Abingdon’s Emergency Medical Services is to provide 24-hour 7 days a week pre-hospital advanced (ALS) emergency medical care and services to the residents of lower Gloucester County. We do this with dedicated volunteers and paid staff.
Additionally, we ensure the following:
- We conduct community CPR training programs and Fire/EMS Public Education throughout the area.
- We respect the dignity of all patients and others we encounter.
- We provide professional individual and department development opportunities to all members.
- We constantly conduct our missions safely and efficiently.
- We welcome all individuals as members regardless of race, color, nationality, religion, sex, or age.
In addition to medical calls, EMS members respond with firefighters in rescue boats when a marine search and rescue call comes in, to motor vehicle crashes, and to structure fires or large woodland wildfires.
Requirements:
Within the AVFR there are 105 members, 26 of which are joint fire and EMS members, and 19 are EMS-only members.
- All EMS members must be CPR certified and have passed the Virginia Defensive Driving class to operate the medics.
- pass a series of qualifying driving stages to be released to operate the medics.
- Certified as EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician – Basic), EMT-I (Intermediate), or EMT-P (Paramedic).
- EMS Members are expected to pull three duties a month and have no requirements to respond to fire calls.
- Joint members pull two duties a month and are expected to respond to 10% of the fire calls.
Pulling duty means being at the station. AVFR provides a duty uniform to its members.
