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buildings, participate in community events, keep records, pay bills, and so forth. Many volunteers put in 20 to 40 hours a week—more than 500 volunteer hours a month or more for some squads-and no volunteers receive any pay for their efforts.
Last year the Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad lost many of our Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) and ambulance drivers due to relocation or military service. Our service area includes about a third of Rappahannock County. Although we were unable to respond to all calls, Washington Fire and Rescue and other county unite graciously answered calls in our area when we were not able to.
In recent months we have been actively recruiting new members and rebuilding our resources. This has helped us add more than 20 new members. Ten of these members have completed the EMT basic class; they are now receiving on-the-job training and soon will be certified to respond to calls on their own. Several former members have returned to active duty with us. Some new members are also training as ambulance drivers and they will be completing the Emergency Vehicle Operator Certification (EVOC) course in the near future.
Nor have we neglected community training. We have offered five caniio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) courses for both the general community and SVRS members. We hope you never need it, but now 34 more people throughout Rappahannock County are trained to give their family and neighbors
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