FLATLANDS VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE
and
FIRST AID CORPS

WELCOME to the Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps Web Site!

The Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps is a group of people working together to provide our community with the highest quality ambulance service at no charge to the patient or the patient's family. Flatlands responds to approximately 1,000 emergency calls per year. The largest cost factor in our $175,000 budget is over $40,000 in insurance premiums. Financial contributions are important. Without the generous support of the community we could not continue our services. More important is the contribution of time. As people move, get different jobs, or decide to pursue other interests we constantly lose members. Good members are hard to replace. This is especially true of the trained individuals who are responsible for the actual delivery of emergency medical care, our EMTs. We provide all of the training necessary for you to become an EMT.

FVAC began operating as the first Advanced Life Support Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Brooklyn in August 2004. FVAC Paramedics Brett Fields and Bill O'Neill performed our first ALS shift on Thursday, August 5, 2004. A picture of Brett and Bill is available here.

FVAC began providing modified ALS service in 2002.

We are currently looking for REMAC certified Paramedics to join FVAC to enable us to open additional ALS shifts.

Twenty-six of our members were honored for exceptional service on September 11, 2001. Almost all of our members provided additional service at Ground Zero, Chelsea Pier, or elsewhere in the aftermath of that terrible event.

Our Headquarters

Photograph by Dave Moskowitz

Flatlands VAC operates out of our building on the corner of Avenue N and Schenectady Avenue. This building serves as our headquarters and training center.

We completed an extensive renovation of the outside of our HQ during August 2009!!!

The headquarters is dedicated to Joseph & Terry Santangelo, two people who were instrumental in the establishment of our Corps.

The Training Center is dedicated to Fred P. Wilken, Sr., the member who is almost solely responsible for its existence and development.

A two vehicle garage houses our vehicles.

Our mailing address is:

Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps

4623 Avenue N

Brooklyn, NY 11234-3614

Our service area:

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at (718) 338-0434.

If you need to reach us for an EMERGENCY
call (718) 338-0444.

Miscellaneous News

Additionally, a complete list of our 2010 elected officers is available here.

FVAC dedicated its new ambulance, courtesy of NYC Councilman Lew Fidler and its building renovation, in honor of past FVAC Captain's Jay Gottlieb and Robert Stonehill, on Sunday, October 25, 2009.

Pictured below is a group shot of FVAC members.

More photos to be posted soon.

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

FVAC Paramedic Dave Moskowitz tends to the victim of an overturned van on Ryder St. & Avenue U,
on Saturday, October 18, 2009.

Photograph by Benny Stumbo

FVAC Public Relations Officer Joseph Auerbach and FVAC member Elizabeth Stonehill receive an award from the New York Blood Services for FVAC's participation in their 2009 annual blood drive, on September 17, 2009. Pictured below: Lydia Phang (NYBS), Joe Auerbach, NYBS member, Liz Stonehill, and two NYBS members.

Photograph courtesy of New York Blood Services

FVAC 1st Lieutenant Peter Bojmal poses with Winnie the Pooh at the Back to School 2009 event at Marine Park on Sunday, September 13, 2009.

Photograph by Mendel Farkas

Any FVAC member who hasn't received a badge should contact the Communications Officer ASAP.

Additionally, any member who has not received an ID card or who needs an ID card photo taken, should contact F-418 during the Saturday III or by e-mail.

Please visit and register for the new FVAC Forum.

Defensive Driving Courses open to the public!

E-Mail questions/comments to:   Webmaster@fvac.org

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