WHO ARE WE?
We are the Winston-Salem Rescue Squad, the oldest rescue squad in North Carolina. We were founded and chartered in 1937
WHAT IS OUR MISSION?
Our primary objective is to provide Technical Rescue services to the citizens of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County.
The Winston-Salem Rescue Squad collectively donates more 10,000 hours of volunteer assistance to this community annually. Additionally, our membership contributes an additional 5,000 hours of Medical and Rescue training each year.
WHAT ARE OUR SKILLS?
Technical rescue services include vehicle extrication, high level/low level rescue, water rescue, dive rescue and recovery, confined space rescue/trench rescue, building collapse and land searches. Also among our membership is a team of highly trained individuals who specialize in animal rescue and intervention. The majority of our membership is certified at the Emergency Medical Tehnnician (EMT) level.and many members are expanded scope EMTs and Emergency Rescue Technician (ERT) or Rescue Technician (RT) levels. We are one of the first rescue squads certified at the North Carolina Association of Rescue and EMS’s heavy rescue level.
We also provide Emergency Medical Standby services for many events throughtout this community. Examples of these include fund-raising walks and runs, high school football games and cultural festivals, etc.
This page was last updated: November 2, 2008
