Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, Inc

The Cambridge Valley Rescue Squad, Inc (CVRS) provides emergency medical services (EMS) to the Cambridge community as well as surrounding communities. The organization was founded in 1969 and operates as a not-for-profit private ambulance service.

CVRS responds primarily to 911 calls in the towns of Jackson, White Creek, and Cambridge as well as parts of Easton and Shushan. We provide the primary ALS service for the village of Hoosick Falls and much of the town of Hoosick. In addition we respond to mutual aid throughout Washington county and northern Rensselaer County.

CVRS also provides non-emergency transportation for patients from hospitals back to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and residences in Hoosick Falls and throughout Washington County. We are a contracted ambulance service with Medicaid to provide transportation to and from doctor's appointments when an ambulance is necessary. We are the only ambulance service to contract with both hospice organizations in Washington county to provide transportation to hospice patients.

Additionally, CVRS provides emergency transportation from Southwestern Vermont Medical Center to acute care facilities in Troy and Albany. We have also transported patients as far as Boston, MA, New York City, Westchester, Utica, Plattsburgh, Katonah, Burlington, VT, and Lebanon, NH.

CVRS also provides event medical services to various local events such as the Tour of the Battenkill and the Fronhofer Tool Triathlon. In addition, we have provided event medical services to the Otis Mountain Music Festival in Elizabethtown, NY and Iron Man in Lake Placid, NY.

CVRS is also at the forefront of community paramedicine and is working with other local agencies to provide services that fill the health care gaps in the community. We provide AHA courses that are open to public and continuing education classes open to EMS providers of all levels.

CVRS prides itself on being a volunteer organization at its core and we strive to continue that tradition of providing excellent medical care to the community through a combination of volunteer and paid providers. If you would like to find out more information about volunteering for our agency stop by and visit the station, call (518)677-8211, or email training@cambridgeems.com