A Call of the Quarter is a call that has been selected by our crew's Executive Committee to be presented at the Virginia Association of Volunteer Rescue Squad's (VAVRS) Quarterly District Meeting.
A district meeting is a quarterly gathering of all the rescue squads associated with a particular district, in our case, it is District 1. There they compete with the other squads in Basic Life Support, (BLS), Advanced Life Support, (ALS), Emergency Vehicle Operator's Curriculum, (EVOC), and any other contest that the hosting squad can provide.
At the end of the contests, the meeting will proceed, followed by a banquet luncheon, and the presentation of awards. Award categories are usually in BLS, ALS, EVOC, Most miles traveled, and of course, the Activity Report, which includes the "Call of the Quarter".
Calls below that are tagged with the Call of the Year were submitted at the annual
VAVRS Convention for the Call of the Year award.
| Call of the
Year - 1997 Fall at the Devil's Marbleyard |
Spring 1998 Train Derailment |
| Summer 1998 Labor and Delivery |
Call of the Year - 1999 Multivehicle accident on I-81 |
| Fall 1999 Victim hit by falling rocks |
Winter 1999 MVA at Back Run Road |
| Spring
2000 MVA with entrapment |
Summer 2000 Tractor trailer hits house |
| Spring 2001 MVA on I-81 involving HazMats |
Summer 2001 River rescue with the Navy |
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Fall 2001 Fall from cell phone tower with an amputation |
Winter
2001 MVA with extrication |
| Spring
2002 MVA on Route 501 with Ejection |
Summer
2002 Forest fire at the Marbleyard Complex with hand injury |
| Summer
2003 Trash burning with personal injury (explosion) |
Fall
2003 MVA at the Natural Bridge Speedway |
Winter
2003
Head-on MVA at the Pink Cadillac Diner