Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Excellence in Emergency Medical Service for the Borough of Tenafly

IF YOU NEED AN AMBULANCE IN AN EMERGENCY:

DIAL 911

The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC) was founded in 1992. TVAC is dedicated to providing the most rapid and appropriate response to a medical emergency since 1992, the number of emergency calls that we respond to has increased to more than 1000 annually. Our membership is made up of your friends and neighbors who volunteer their time and respond 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Each of our members has completed extensive training as Emergency Medical Technicians and many of our members have also attained higher degrees of training in the use of defibrillators which we carry on our ambulances.

Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps Officials

Captain         Joseph C. Grieco
First Lieutenant     Daniel Friedman
Second Lieutenant     Max Moehlen
Third Lieutenant     Joshua Goldfein
President Kathleen Giordano
Vice President Cheryl Reynolds
Secretary Maria Stratigis
Treasurer     Colleen Maloney

 

Services offered by the Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps

  • Basic Life Support for the Sick and Injured
  • Transportation from hospital to home for the non-ambulatory resident from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Please call 201-568-4909 for information and scheduling.
  • Ambulances available for community and school events
  • Demonstrations and awareness programs for schools and community groups (by request)

Tips and Information on Dialing and giving information to 911:

If you are calling in an emergency, try to have the following information ready:

  • Callback number – the number you are calling from
  • Exact address – apartment number
  • Appropriate entrance
  • Exact patient location
  • Presence of animals
  • Chief complaint
  • Patient(s) age/sex/medical history
  • Stay on the line until the dispatcher tells you to put down the phone, or hang up

After calling in the emergency

  • Keep the phone line as free as possible
  • Unlock the door
  • Secure pets in another room

Interested in Joining TVAC?

The minimum requirements to join the Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps is as follows:

  • Must be at least 16 years of age
  • Must be a United States citizen
  • A resident of Tenafly or any of the bordering boroughs of Tenafly
  • Certified Emergency Medical Technician by the state of New Jersey

                OR

      A nationally certified Emergency Medical Technician

  • Completed Medical Form by a Physician

Information on becoming a Emergency Medical Technician

Bergen County EMS Training Center, Paramus, NJ

    Phone Number: 201-343-3407

    Link: http://www.bergen.org/EMS/

Bergen County Police, Fire, and EMS Academies, Mahwah, NJ

    Phone Number: 201-785-6000

    Link: http://www.co.bergen.nj.us/bclpsi/

“Ride-Along” Program

The Ride-Along program was established to give potential EMT’s field training while attending the EMT class in Paramus or Mahwah, NJ. The minimum requirements of this program are the following:

  • Must be a United States citizen
  • At least 16 years of age
  • Certified by the American Heart Association in CPR and Defibrillation.
  • The ride-along must ride a minimum of a 6-hour shift from 6 p.m. and 12 a.m. on a scheduled duty crew.

Learn First-Aid, CPR

Did you know that applying pressure to a bleeding wound might prevent shock? Learning First-Aid and life sustaining techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) might help you save your life, or the life of a loved one.

 

For more information Call TVAC at 201-568-4909