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.

Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps

4623 Avenue N

Brooklyn, NY 11234-3614

Our service area is available for review here.

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.

FVAC Paramedic Dave Moskowitz (left) and FVAC EMT's Mike Weinberger (center) and George Ascoff (right) tend to a male shot at 2183 Utica Avenue, on Saturday, April 4, 2009!!!

Photograph by Benny Stumbo

FVAC First Lieutenat Peter Bojmal (left) and Captain Joseph Marcellino (right) receive a $1000 check from Marine Park Civic Association Vice President Charles D'Allesandro, at our March 2009 General Members Meeting. We thank them for their continued support!!!

Photograph by Steve Solomonson

It's Here!!! Stay tuned for pictures of our newest ambulance, recently purchased courtesy of NYC Councilman Lou Fidler

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

Thanks to When To Help for the scheduling software they are making available to volunteer organizations. Please visit their website!!!

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This website, which was initially written in 1995 by First Lieutenant Bob Stonehill as a printed brochure for Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance, is dedicated to his memory. The site was further developed and placed online by Chris Maisano as part of a project at SUNY Stony Brook. It was re-written in 2002 by Bob Stonehill. It is being maintained by webmaster David Moskowitz.

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© 2008 Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance & First Aid Corps, Inc.