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Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad


Rescue Squad ambulance

With a borrowed rolling cot from a hotel to serve as a gurney and a borrowed laundry truck to serve as a makeshift ambulance, the first Colonial Beach Volunteer Rescue Squad hospital transport took place. They rushed a boy who had jumped off a shed to the Mary Washington Hospital, about 40 miles away. The boy suffered a broken leg, which was splinted by the two responders who arrived at the scene. This was back in 1950, when the squad was organized with the help of some personnel from the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad.

A couple years later, the Ladies Auxiliary was formed after it was discovered that many of the male members were away from the Town on weekdays. The women took the required classes and became certified, and when the team attended the state convention in Danville, Virginia that year, some of the other groups were a bit confused as to why women were taking part in the business sessions. Turns out that ours was most likely the first squad in the Commonwealth of Virginia to consist of both male and female members!

These days, the team has ten pieces of equipment, a collection of trucks and boats that help the group get the job done.

Rescue Squad logo The Junior Rescue Squad was formed in 1969, again with assistance from our F-burg friends. All three groups hold special fundraisers throughout the year like Spaghetti, Crab Cake and Ham & Oyster Dinners, Breakfasts, Bingo and Bake/Yard sales. Probably the most popular is their All Wheel Show.

Their website can be found at http://www.cbrescue.com and it contains a link to their fan page on Facebook. Address: 225 Dennison Street, Colonial Beach, VA 22443.

Charter Members:
Bunting, Jr., Thomas
Crowe, Eugene
Drummond, Vaughn
Edwards, Fred
Klotz, Walter
Lee, Charles
Lee, George T.
McMillan, W.C.
Messick, George
Moore, Earle
Salenger, Thomas
Smoot, G.B.
Taylor, Roderick
Wright, V.W.

Ladies Auxiliary Charter Members (1952):
Cardi, Louise
Caruthers, Ellie
Huff, Ellen
Knox, Helen
Kramer, Cora
Lee, Ruth
Moore, Roberta

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