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Welcome to the Official Website for the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad
It is time to Celebrate!
Vice President Chris Schoon, April 17
Congratulations to Hailey Brown! Hailey just passed her National Registry Paramedic exam. She graduated for high school last year and for the past nine months she has been in class for her paramedic certification. Hailey earned her EMT while she was in High school and volunteer with the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad since October of 2019. Also, during this time, she has been in firefighter ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Hailey and Jena
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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month
Vice President Chris Schoon, March 02
March 2022
March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The idea that brain injury can happen to anyone, hit
home this past month with the untimely death of Bob Saget from a blunt trauma to the back of
the head per the Orange County Medical examiner’s report. There are many causes for brain
injury. Something a simple as bumping heads to assaults, from strokes to seizures can be the
cause. Many of our children ... (Full Story & Photos)
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February is Heart month
Vice President Chris Schoon, February 20
February is American Heart Month
This year we are celebrating the 57th American Heart Month. President Lyndon B. Johnson established by proclamation the first National Heat Month in 1964, nine years after he had a heart attack. Cardiovascular disease kills 2300 Americans a day according to the American Heart Association. Unhealthy lifestyles and an all- time high in the obesity rate, hampers progress ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Hailey and Bryce
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Chris Brown
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January snows! and snows!
Vice President Chris Schoon, January 17
January snows! and snows!
...and it is only January 17th. Our crews have been extremely busy these past 2 weeks. impassable roads, trees down, and no electricity or CAD dispatch. Our County Dispatcher office did an amazing job keeping track of all the emergencies and emergency vehicles. Listening to the radio, these dispatchers went from one call to the next, to he next, to the next, with hardly a ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Happy New Year!
Vice President Chris Schoon, December 26
Happy New Year!
New beginning! New starts! New Resolutions!
If you made a New Year’s resolution to help your community, think about joining the Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad. You apply through Stafford County Fire Rescue Department. Once vetted by the County, you let them know you want to be affiliated with us. More information on how to Volunteer is on our web site www.ahvrs.org. Training ... (Full Story & Photos)
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Matt Heindrichs with Angela Wilhelm accepting his award as President's Choice
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Thirty Two Years of Service
Aquia Harbour Volunteer Rescue Squad has been proudly serving the residents of
Stafford County since July 21st,1989.
Starting as a first response team in the Harbour, the squad quickly expanded and now serves over 18,000 homes. Our first due response area includes, Aquia Harbour, U.S. Route 1 south to Foreston Drive and north to Telegraph Road, west on Route 610 (Garrisonville Road) to Shelton Shop road including the subdivisions north and south of Rte. 610. Aquia Harbour Rescue is one of the busiest station in Stafford County with easy access to Route 1, I-95 and Garrisonville Road.
Our organization consists of EVOC certified drivers, EMT-Bs, EMT-Advanced, EMT-Intermediates, and Paramedics with a support group of administrative members. Our apparatus include Advanced Life Support (ALS) Ambulance, and Basic Life Support Ambulance (BLS), a Response Vehicle, and Fire Engine (Engine 9 is staffed by Stafford County Career Firefighters and Paramedics).
Rescue 9 stresses training, teamwork, and community service. Membership meetings are held at our training center located at 475 Aquia Towne Center Drive, Suite 109 in the Aquia Towne Center the 2nd Wednedsay of the month at 8:00 p.m. Monthly training is provided at the station or at the county public safety building for continuing education credit. Certification classes are paid for by the squad for our membership. Senior members mentor our newly certified EMTs to provide experience and knowledge that only comes with time. Yearly community events include "Save Your Heart for Love", a first aid mini course for children, EMS Week, Aquia Harbour's 4th of July Parade, National Night Out, and the International Fall Festvial at St William of York. Community First Aid, Babysitting and Community/Professional Rescue CPR/AED classes are held year round.
If you are interested in serving your community and volunteering at our station, Click on the "How to Join" button on the tool bar, call the station at 540-658-5339 or email us at recruitment@ahvrs.org. We look forward to meeting you!
Getting together is a start, remaining together is advancement, and working together is an achievement.
Professionalism – Integrity – Respect- Honor
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