Operating Budget 2025-2026

VOLUNTEER RESCUE SQUAD

NARRATIVE

The Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad’s vision is to be a world-class model of volunteer emergency medical and technical rescue services. We strive to be a beacon of excellence in pre hospital healthcare, nationally recognized for professionalism, and a leader in community outreach and engagement. Our mission is to provide high quality emergency medical and technical rescue services to our community. This includes compassionately delivering excellent pre-hospital care, providing highly skilled technical rescue services, protecting the safety and health of our community, and providing advocacy and support to our neighbors in need. FY 2024-2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Maintained 99.3% total call coverage, while also covering 109 calls for other agencies. • Sustained over 166 active members with a combined 1,000 years of service with Blacksburg Rescue and an average membership length of 6.2 years. • Volunteers contributed over 89,000 hours of service. • Enhanced in-house pharmacy capabilities and expanded critical care capabilities. • Received 173 volunteer applications, onboarded 51 new members, and hosted 6 EMT classes. FY 2025-2026 OBJECTIVES • Digitize paper files and implement workflow and process automation. • Increase leadership and board development opportunities. • Update strategic plan and begin continuity of operations planning. • Use research and analytics to maximize pre-hospital care and improve patient outcomes. • Implement EMS Revenue Recovery. • Complete transition to fully in-house pharmacy and medication management.

2021 Actual

2022 Actual

2023 Actual

2024 Actual

2025 Proposed

RESCUE SQUAD

Number of Calls Volunteer Hours

3,407

3,714

3,748

3,885

4,000

75,385

78,088

89,492

89,866

85,000

Average Response Time – Town (minutes) Average Response Time – County (minutes) Average Reaction Time – Town (minutes) Average Reaction Time – County (minutes)

8:05

7:45

7:39

7:34

8:00

12:18

12:00

11:47

11:57

12:00

2:37 2:48

2:32 2:37

2:21 2:31

2:23 2:21

2:30 2:30

Event Standbys

49

48

36

30

40

Call Volume by Vicinity Blacksburg

2,178

2,400

2,643

2,660 1,088

2,755 1,100

County

933

963

972

Virginia Tech (VT)

20

23

12

13

15

Other

292

289

134

126

130

Totals

3,407

3,714

3,748

3,885

4,000

Note: Data is on a calendar year basis, not fiscal year.

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