Waldwick VAC is a non-profit volunteer organization whose services are offered to the community for over fifty years. All of our volunteers must pass an advanced EMS program which requires 120 hours of training at the EMS School in Paramus or Mahwah.

Newest lifesaving equipment is available: the Corps now carries Semi-Automatic External Defibrillators (SAED). The defibrillator enables the EMT to sent an electrical charge throught the heart to correct the insufficient heart arrhythemia, usually Ventricular Fibrillation.

Since these cardiac arrhythemias are the leading cause of sudden cardiac arrest in adults, the rapid employment of a defibrillator greatly increases our chances to save lives.

In 1996, a resident of Waldwick was saved form cardiac arrest with the use of the defibrillator. He was discharged from the hospital shortly thereafter to return to his family.

While Waldwick VAC is staffed by volunteers and incurs no regular overhead costs, it takes heavy expenses for the cost of equipping volunteers with life-saving equipment such as oxygen, airway management devices, trauma equipment, defibrillators and advanced 2-way radios, in addition to ambulances.

In addition, volunteers are trained in the use of the most up-to-date life-saving technology currently available. Funding and financial support is provided by private donations and solicitation.

All of us at Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps appreciate your interest in donating for a noble cause of saving lives.

We are accepting donations by check and online.

Please, call (201) 445-8772 for more information on how you can help your local volunteers!

Thank you!