Welcome to the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad Website.  As a 100% volunteer organization, we serve the citizens of the St. Mary's County seat.  Currently, we average 1800 calls per year with 4 ambulances, EMS Unit and Utility van.

GET INVOLVED!!!!!!! We have a strong need for new members, with a special need for immediate assistance on our daytime crews. Individuals, aged 16 and older, who are interested in providing a vital, yet personally rewarding, vounteer service to the citizens of Leonardtown and the surrounding communities are strongly encouraged to consider participation in our organization. If you have a penchant for helping others, a passion for supporting your community, are interested in improving your personal skills and abilities, and can find some time in your busy day to help, please contact our Membership Chairman at Membership@lvrs.org for more information. Please note that training is provided at no cost and the emergency care/medical knowledge you gain can be used throughout your lifetime.

Vehicle Overturned in Leonardtown On Friday April 13, 2012 at 08:33 hours Companies 1, 19, and 79 were alerted for the MVA involving a single overturned vehicle in the parking lot of the McDonald's at Merchants Lane in Leonardtown. The driver had been attempting to park the vehicle when they unintentionally pressed the accelerator sending the vehcile over the curbing into a flag pole causing the vehicle to flip and land upside down at the end of the drive-thru lane. Lt Norris responded to the scene and met Ambulance 199 to assess the patient while crews from Squad 1 and Engine 10 secured the vehicle under the command of Chief 1B. All other units were placed in service. The pt ... (Full Story)

Pre-Basic Class On the morning of Saturday January 28, our operational officers met up with our newer members for them to participate in our Pre-basic class which was broken down into 3 parts. The first part of the pre-basic class Lt Jackie Norris and Lt Jamie Trader went through a power point presentation of various topics and scenarios. The second part of class Lt Connor Warren, Lt Jackie Norris, Lt Jamie Trader, and Dep Chief Dave Wright went over the different types of equipment that may be utilized during a call. The members had a an opportunity to work hands on with the equipment and Tr ... (Full Story)

36th Annual Installation of Officers Tex-Mex Theme On Saturday January 28th members of the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue held our 36th annual Installation of Officers at the Leonardtown Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall. This year the theme of the celebration was Tex-Mex Fiesta. At this year's installation we inducted two more of our members into Lifetime Membership Status. Congratulations to Marvin "Rescue Roody" Jones and Tony Crager for their accomplishments in the Fire/EMS Services. Dinner was prepared by the fantastic Rita B and her crew and was enjoyed by all as it always is. J Ernie "the attorney" Bell was this year ... (Full Story)

MVA with Heavy Entrapment on Budds Creek Road On Wednesday Jan 11 units from Co19, Co1, Co79 were alerted to 22211 BUDDS CREEK RD for a motor vehicle accident. Police notified fireboard that there were 2 vehicles involved head on with heavy entrapment. This alerted the medic unit as well as Squad 7. Ambulance 199 was the first arriving ambulance along with Ambulance 798. Ambulance 196 responded a few moments later and assisted crews from A199 and A798 with patient packaging. A199 and Amb 798 transported 1 patient each priority 2 to SMH. The helo was requested however to do adverse weather conditions advised to transport to SMH. ... (Full Story)

Installation of Officers For the Leonardtown Volunteer Rescue Squad's first drill of the New Year we installed our Executive and Operational officers for 2012. However, before that was done we had another special occassion that we had to take care of. We recognized Tony Crager for his 20 years of service with LVRS and he was inducted into Lifetime Membership. Tony will not be able to join us at our Installation of Officers Banquet so we wanted to take the time to recognize his achievement. He was presented with his Lifetime Jacket. Congratulations Tony. 2012 Executive Officers are: President: ... (Full Story)

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