Rescue squad recognizes EMS work
By Elisa Marks | November 13, 2003This week marks National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week -- a week intended to recognize student participation in their local EMS squads, which consist of over 150 collegiate groups. The Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad is participating in EMS recognition week because half of the active members in its organization are University students. The rescue squad answers calls for the University and much of Albemarle County and are the busiest all-volunteer rescue squad in the country, handling about 11,000 calls last year, according to rescue squad President David Starmer. Each year, several hundred of the calls handled respond to incidents at the University.
