Mission
To preserve life, improve health, and promote safety.
Vision
Provide exceptional prehospital care through seamless teamwork, empowering a diverse system that provides innovative and compassionate service.
Values
Collaboration
- We can accomplish great things together
- Strive for consensus and unity
Community
- Care for all with compassion, respect, and kindness
- Remain service-oriented and community-focused
Clinical Excellence
- Be patient-centered and outcome-focused
- Remain at the forefront of prehospital medicine
Professionalism
- Hold ourselves to high standards
- Maintain integrity in every aspect
System Sustainability
- Maintain a combined career and volunteer third-service agency
- Honor our past, attend to the present, and prepare for the future
Rescue Squad and EMS Stations
Our Volunteer Rescue Squad Partners and EMS Stations.
Station 1 is located at 3769 E Stratford Road.
Station 11 is located at 2837 Shore Drive.
Rescue 1 - Ocean Park WebsiteStation 2 is located at 4672 Haygood Road.
Rescue 2 - Davis Corner WebsiteStation 4 is located at 2211 Greenwell Road.
Station 22 is located at 1160 Tolliver Road.
Rescue 4 - Chesapeake Beach WebsiteStation 5 is is located at 2461 Princess Anne Road.
Station 21 is located at 1468 Nimmo Parkway.
Rescue 5 - Princess Anne Courthouse WebsiteRescue 6 - Creeds
Station 6 is located at 595 Princess Anne Road.
Station 9 is located at 5145 Ruritan Court.
Station 10 is located at 5656 Providence Road.
Station 19 is located at 4196 Pleasant Valley Road.
Rescue 9 - Kempsville WebsiteRescue 13 - Blackwater
Station 13 is located at 6009 Blackwater Road.
Station 3 is located at 600 Central Drive.
Station 8 is located at 1243 Bayne Drive.
Station 14 is located at 740 Virginia Beach Boulevard.
Rescue 14 - Virginia Beach WebsiteStation 15 is located at 333 Thalia Road.
Station 16 is located at 3610 South Plaza Trail.
Rescue 16 - Plaza WebsiteStation 17 is located at 305 Sandbridge Road.
Rescue 17 - Sandbridge WebsiteOther Rescue Squad Partners
The Marine Rescue Team is a proud member of Virginia Beach EMS, one of the nation’s largest volunteer-based rescue systems. This EMS Special Operations Team consists of highly trained volunteer EMS providers who respond to any emergency water rescue, including boats in distress, drownings, vehicles in the water, flood water rescues, and ice water rescues.
WebsiteTo represent the collective pride and aspiration of an ever-growing, ever-improving component of volunteers in Virginia Beach's EMS system.
WebsiteVirginia Beach is a city like no other in America. It has the largest volunteer-based emergency medical services team in the country, and the Virginia Beach Rescue Squad Foundation promotes and supports the volunteer squads and their members.
WebsiteThe mission of the Tidewater EMS Council is to reduce death and disability by facilitating regional cooperation, planning, and implementation of an integrated emergency medical services delivery system.
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