Current Activities & Training

CURRENT ACTIVITIES & TRAININGS

Although we are all volunteers in the Covington Volunteer Rescue Squad and work full-time jobs during the day, we are constantly involved with various activities and trainings outside of the normal scope of running
emergency medical calls.

This page is dedicated to showing you just some of the many activities - including training, meetings and social activities - that we are involved in.

Links to various articles are below and there are some pictures and descriptions on this page showing just some of the things we have been up to.

We hope you enjoy.

To become a part of these and many more activities & training opportunities, click HERE
to download an application.

RECENT TRAININGS

Vehicle Extrication

About once a year, the Covington Rescue Squad holds a vehicle extrication class and opens it up to members of other fire departments and rescue squad throughout Alleghany County.

This year, vehicle extrication was held in May and was taught by Covington's own Greg Burton, who has been serving as a vehicle extrication instructor for many years. Greg was also part of Covington's 2005 state award-winning extrication team at the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squad's annual convention in Virginia Beach.

Here are some pictures and a description of each picture.

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EMT-Enhanced

Beginning in February, six Covington Volunteer Rescue Squad members began taking EMT-Enhanced classes at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. The class included EMS providers from several different fire departments and rescue squads and was paid for through a grant from the Alleghany Foundation.