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Since 1970, the Mad River Valley Ambulance Service has been providing 24-hour Emergency Medical Service to residents and visitors of the Mad River Valley, Sugarbush and Mad River Glen ski areas. Since its inception, MRVAS has undergone considerable growth to keep pace with the growing needs of the community, as well as advances in emergency medical care. The service is fortunate to have a highly dedicated group of over 60 volunteers, many of whom have advanced training and certification which enables them to perform advanced life support procedures. None of our volunteers are compensated for their time, which includes a minimum of five 12 hour duty shifts per month, plus at least one night of training each month as well as other duties required of any organization. EMTs certified in ALS attend at least one additional night of training per month. Our rescue team of twenty one members is comprised of many of our EMTs as well as volunteers from local fire departments. This team spends extra time training for the technical job of extracting patients from motor vehicle accidents or from other difficult and complex situations requiring special training and equipment. Our service is also very fortunate to have nineteen Valley residents who volunteer to answer the calls for help and dispatch the crew members and ambulances. They do this from their homes and some of our local businesses. They also sign up for at least five 12 hour shifts each month, as well as attend a monthly training session. They are the first contact with MRVAS in an emergency. With a calm demeanor, they insure that the appropriate emergency services get to the right place as soon as possible. MRVAS has three Type II ambulances (one of which is four wheel drive) as well as a Type I four wheel drive vehicle which is used for rescue. We operate under the medical direction of the Central Vermont Medical Center, Vermont EMS District 6. We are very fortunate to have available the DHART Helicopter for transport of critically injured patents for whom time to treatment may mean the difference between life and death. Join MRVAS:Become a Member of the Mad River Valley Ambulance ServiceWould you like to give something back to the community you live or work in? MRVAS is looking for new members. We will provide equipment and training. For further information please send e-mail to mrvas@madriver.com.