Volunteer Ambulance Association

Fire Headquarters - 3050 Main Street
258-7613

The Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association has been serving Rocky Hill since 1972. Normal hours of operation for the year are: Monday through Friday 6 P.M. to 6 A.M., and all day Saturday, Sunday and Holidays.

There are now forty-two active riding members, four new members, five auxiliary members and fifteen inactive life members. Of the riding members, nine are at the Intermediate Advanced Life Support level of certification and of those, four are at the Paramedic Advanced Life Support level of certification.

During the day, Aetna Ambulance Service furnishes Emergency Medical Services. Aetna Ambulance has a contract that provides paramedics 24 hours a day, every day of the year, as well as daytime ambulance transport services. Rocky Hill Ambulance has six EMS vehicles: three ambulances, one paramedic vehicle, one vehicle for staff and one vehicle for the Chief.

Activities

• The RHVAA responded to more than 1000 emergency calls received through the 911 dispatch center during 2006.
• Community education, blood pressure clinics, teaching school children about EMS and health and safety are some of the activities of the RHVAA membership. CPR and First Aid training are also offered as time, personnel and space are available
• A basic Emergency Medical Technician class is conducted annually.
• Established a Bike Team for public events. The Team provides continual Emergency Medical Services at a variety of town-wide functions. The team has been asked to provide out-of-town EMS coverage in other municipalities if they are available.
• Provide emergency stand-by for Town functions and other organizations requesting EMS service at their activities within Town.
• Fund and distribute the medical emergency forms now called the “BLUE DOT” Program.
• A scholarship is offered annually. To qualify, a student must be graduating from Rocky Hill High School or attending college, have been a Town resident for at least six months, and be planning a career in a medical or medically-related field.
• Riding members and observers receive a minimum of twenty-eight hours of Continuing Education each year. This includes monthly training sessions, re-certification classes, driver training classes, PHTLS classes, CPR classes and intermediate training classes.
• All active, riding members of the RHVAA are eligible for life insurance, retirement plan and tax abatement programs provided through the RHVAA and Town of Rocky Hill for the benefit of these members.
• During the past year, the members of RHVAA have given the Town of Rocky Hill more than 40,000 volunteer hours. This included riding time and administrative time. Continuing Education time and maintenance of the equipment, vehicles & building used by RHVAA are not included in the prior figure.