Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc.

10/11/2026

🚗👶 Keeping Our Littlest Passengers Safe!

Come visit us today at the Antique Fire Event! 🚒

We are out providing valuable child passenger safety education and sharing important information to help families keep their little ones safe on the road!

From understanding the different types of car seats to learning about current safety recommendations and best practices, we’re here to answer questions and provide helpful resources.

We love opportunities like this to connect with our community and promote child passenger safety! ❤️

Stop by, say hello, and enjoy the event!

09/17/2026

We are excited to announce our upcoming EMT course that will be held in Greene County. Class will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays at the Greene County EOC starting Oct 28, 2026 with a test out date of March 20, 2027. There are two Saturdays that are required. For more information please scan the QR code on the flyer or contact [email protected].

09/03/2026

🚑 Proud to Support the Columbia County Fair! 🚑

Valatie Rescue Squad is proud to provide EMS coverage for both nights of the Demolition Derby at the Columbia County Fair! 🎡🚗💥

We’re always happy to be part of this great community event and to help ensure that participants, staff, and spectators have a safe and enjoyable experience.

Here’s to a safe, exciting, and successful Derby! 🚑🎡

09/02/2026

We would like to extend a big thank you to Ichabod Crane Central School District for once again inviting us to be part of their scheduled staff development days!

Today, we had the opportunity to provide school staff with basic awareness-level training covering several important lifesaving skills, including CPR and AED use, choking relief, Stop the Bleed, Narcan administration, and epinephrine use.

Over the past two years, we are proud to have provided this training to more than 100 ICC faculty and staff members, helping to expand the number of people throughout the district who have been exposed to these important lifesaving skills.

We are always excited to share this knowledge with members of our community and help provide school staff with greater awareness and confidence should they ever find themselves faced with an emergency.

Thank you to ICC for continuing to make emergency preparedness and lifesaving education a priority. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with your staff and are always happy to provide this type of training whenever we can!

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08/21/2026

Need Medical Equipment or Have Equipment to Donate? VRS H.E.L.P. Just Made It Easier!

The Valatie Rescue Squad Health Care Equipment Lending Program (H.E.L.P.) continues to grow at an incredible pace, and we have now made it easier for community members, families, nurses, case managers, and other healthcare providers to request equipment or donate equipment to the program.

You can now use our dedicated H.E.L.P. page:
https://www.valatierescue.org/vrshelp
The online form can currently be used to:
- Request healthcare equipment
- Donate equipment to the H.E.L.P. Program
- If you have equipment you would like to donate, we ask that you please use the online form whenever possible.

This helps us collect the necessary contact and equipment information before coordinating the donation.
We are also working on adding an option for equipment returns, so individuals returning borrowed equipment will soon be able to use the same online page as well.

Because our inventory is constantly changing as equipment is borrowed, returned, and donated, the online request form includes our different equipment categories and allows you to select the items you or your patient may need.
And just how much has this program grown?
- 804 pieces of medical equipment are now part of the H.E.L.P. Program
- 492 pieces are currently loaned out and being used in our communities
- 134 items were lent out in July alone, setting another monthly record
- 462 individual people have received equipment through H.E.L.P. since the program began.

These numbers do not include the large amount of disposable medical supplies we distribute. They also do not include the volume of incoming equipment requests, equipment returns, donation requests, and other H.E.L.P.-related calls being handled every day.
What started as a way to make unused healthcare equipment available to people who needed it has grown into a program moving well over 100 pieces of equipment into the community every month.
That growth has also resulted in a tremendous increase in phone calls. We are now regularly handling equipment requests, donations, returns, and general questions throughout the day. Using the online page helps us collect the information we need, keep requests organized, and spend more time actually getting equipment into the hands of the people who need it.
If you need equipment or would like to donate equipment, please use the H.E.L.P. page whenever possible:

👉 https://www.valatierescue.org/vrshelp

We also want your feedback. If you have comments, suggestions, or ideas for improving the H.E.L.P. Program or the online form, please let us know. If there is something you would like to see added, changed, or made easier to use, we would appreciate hearing from you. The program has grown because of the support and needs of our community, and we want to continue improving it as it grows.
Please share this post. You never know when a friend, family member, neighbor, or patient may need equipment—or when someone may have equipment sitting unused that could help another person.
VRS H.E.L.P. — helping our community one piece of equipment at a time.

Health Care Equipment Lending Program (H.E.L.P) VRS H.E.L.P. Equipment Lending ProgramVRS H.E.L.P. provides donated, non-prescriptive durable medical equipment at no cost to help community members remain safe, supported, and independent. Available equipment may include canes, walkers, wheelchairs, s...

08/18/2026

A huge thank you to The Bank of Greene County for awarding Valatie Volunteer Rescue Squad a $1,000 grant to support the upgrade of our portable radios!

Reliable communication is absolutely critical in EMS. Whether we’re coordinating with other responders, communicating with dispatch, or managing an emergency scene, our portable radios are an essential part of keeping our crews connected and our operations running safely and effectively.

Your support will help us replace and upgrade some of our aging radio equipment, ensuring our providers remain safe and connected.

We are incredibly grateful to the Bank of Greene County for its continued investment in local organizations and for supporting the work we do every day.

Thank you for helping us stay connected when it matters most! 🚑📻

07/30/2026

Yesterday's flooding presented some unique operational challenges for our agency, but thanks to the incredible support of our community partners, we were able to continue serving the residents of our district and the county without interruption.

A sincere thank you to the Niverville Fire Department Inc. for graciously allowing us to utilize the pavilion at Station #1 to shelter our reserve ambulances and keep them protected and ready for service.

We would also like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Village of Valatie, New York for opening the Valatie Senior Center to our overnight crews. By utilizing beds and other supplies from our HELP Program, we were able to quickly establish temporary crew quarters, ensuring our personnel remained rested, available, and ready to respond to emergencies throughout the night.

We are happy to report that the flood waters around our headquarters have now receded significantly, and we are hopeful that all of our equipment and personnel will be back operating from our primary station later today.

This event serves as another reminder of the strength of our community and what can be accomplished when organizations work together during challenging circumstances. We are incredibly grateful for the support shown to our crews.

As conditions continue to improve, we ask everyone to remain vigilant around any remaining flood waters. Please do not drive through flooded roadways, use caution around areas that may have been undermined by the water, and continue to monitor local conditions.

Thank you for your continued support, and as always, stay safe.