Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad, Inc

CARS is a volunteer rescue squad with approximately 100 active members. We have been serving the community continuously since 1960. In 2008, we ran over 12,000 calls and Firehouse Magazine ranked us as the busiest volunteer rescue squad in the country. CARS operates eight advanced life ambulances (medic units), three advanced life support quick response cars (zone cars), two heavy rescue trucks (squads), a water rescue truck with two boats, a technical rescue truck, a collapse rescue trailer, a command car, a mass casuality incident truck, and a support trailer. All current apparatus is owned by the department and was purchased primarily with funds raised through donations from our community. The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad has personnel trained at both the ALS and BLS level. Paramedic certification includes over 600 hours of classroom training and months of practical rotations in the hospital, along with a minimum of 40 hours of continuing education annually. ALS cert...