Plaza Volunteer Rescue Squad

01/24/2025

Thanks Carrie W for the pictures of 1620 the night the snow started! Carrie was on shift that night!

01/22/2025

The snow is fun and pretty BUT please be careful if you have to go out!

01/19/2025

Thank you to Care A Lot Pet Supply for the wonderful basket that was donated to the banquet last night!

01/19/2025

A few photos from our Banquet! Thank you to our special guests and VIPs for attending as well!

01/18/2025

Tonight your Plaza volunteers will celebrate our members in 2024 by holding our annual awards banquet and officer installation. Each year we have a theme for the event- this year we’re going back to the 80s! Keep an eye out for some fun photos!
Thank you for your continued support 🙂

📸 credit Zack K.

01/10/2025

You could be a part of VBRescue as well!

Last night, VBEMS training staff and Program Director Eric de Forest welcomed 49 students from EMT Academy 79. That's right, 49 students!
Did you know hundreds of volunteers earn their National Registry EMT certification through the Virginia Beach EMS EMT Academy every single year. When you attend the EMT Academy at the EMS Training Center, it's absolutely free with a commitment of one year of volunteering.

Learn more about volunteering: https://ems.virginiabeach.gov/volunteer
EMT Academy: https://ems.virginiabeach.gov/members/training/emt-academy

01/09/2025

Thank you to our brothers and sisters in blue for what you do 💙🚓

01/05/2025

Stay warm!

01/05/2025

If you have been a vendor in the past or are interested in being a vendor please check out our Plaza Rescue Vendors page!

12/31/2024

There’s still time to make a 2024 tax deductible donation to your Plaza Volunteer Rescue Squad!

Stay safe tonight!

Please support YOUR Plaza Volunteer Rescue Squad. Our all-volunteer members have been providing emergency care to the citizens and guests of Virginia Beach for over 62 years!
Visit PlazaRescue.com to learn more about us.

12/28/2024

Need to dispose of your Christmas tree? Consider taking it to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center!

Christmas Tree-Cycling begins today! 🌲 Remember to drop off your bare, live-cut tree in our East Parking Lot (across General Booth Blvd. from the North Building) for Marine Stewards America to use to restore local sand dunes. They'll be collecting trees through January 9.

12/27/2024

CONGRATULATIONS to PLAZA’s newest released provider Vegas B. Welcome to the streets.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from your Plaza Volunteers
🌲 🎅🏻 ⛄️ 🎁

12/21/2024

Santa is on the Air! Santa Claus is helping EMS, Fire and Police first responders comfort children in emergency situations this Christmas season. The Santa on the Air program is in its 21st season.
Check out coverage from 13NewsNow: https://bit.ly/4gsw4rm
WTKR: https://bit.ly/3VTIHn1
Learn more about the program: https://bit.ly/3BIbHay

12/21/2024

Santa visited the crews on duty today!
🎅🏻 Santa on the air has returned for the season 🎅🏻

12/19/2024

Season Greetings! 🌲 🎅🏻 ⛄️

Are you looking for last minute gifts or stocking stuffers and want to help out a good cause in the process?
Please consider stopping by the Plaza Rescue Station on Saturday December 21st between the hours of 11:00 and 2:00 PM or Sunday between 2:00 and 4:00 and pick something up!
Shipping is available but cannot be guaranteed in time for the holidays. Santa is very busy!
If you have questions or would like to purchase something and can’t make it in person, please feel free to email [email protected] to make other arrangements.

Items available for purchase are listed below.

NEW ITEM 2025 PVRS Calendar $15.00

Plaza Supporter Challenge Coin $15.00
Plaza Supporter Short Sleeve Shirts $15.00 (XL is on backorder and will be here after Christmas)
Plaza Supporter Long Sleeve Shirts $20.00
Plaza Christmas Ornament $5.00
Plaza Beach Towel $10.00
Plaza Station Patches $3.00
PVRS Travel Coffee Mug $15.00
PVRS Travel Water Bottle $13.00
Plaza Color Paracord Keychains $2.00, $3.00 or $5.00 (depending on size)

Happy Holidays!

12/18/2024

We would like to thank Annette B for your gift of gloves we received yesterday. We appreciate the gift and thank you for thinking of us this holiday season!

One of the common questions we get is why gloves? Plaza has 4 trucks on the road with a crew of 3 for 12 hour shifts each day. These crews average 8 to 10 calls per shift with 2 pair of gloves per call. In 1-day that’s over 240 pairs of gloves. A box of each size comes with 100 so every 1.2 days we are starting a new box of gloves.

Plaza spends over $7000 per year on gloves alone. When we get donations as we did from Annette it helps us to allocate the money we would have used on gloves to other equipment we can’t put on a wish list.

Thank you again Annette and all those that have donated to us through the year. Without you we would not be able to provide the services we do.

Happy Holidays from Plaza Rescue!

12/18/2024

Congratulations Kaitlynne V on your release today!