The Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad

The Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. is responsible for the provision of primary rescue services to the citizens of Knox County, Tennessee. It also provides secondary vehicle rescue and primary technical rescue services to the City of Knoxville. Other services to both City and County include emergency medical first response, medical stand-by, animal rescue/removal, and water rescue/recovery. Extensive technical rescue assets are also provided. The six Specialty Rescue Teams have extensive training, equipment, and capabilities in cave/vertical/confined space operations, heavy/technical rescue (including farm accidents, airplane accidents, as well as trench collapses), water rescue (both top and underwater operations), land based search operations, support services and disaster/medical operations.

Our membership is entirely volunteer. No charges are levied for our service. Members receive no compensation and often extend considerable personal expense for training, personal equipment, and other miscellaneous expenses the Squad cannot provide. Service is provided 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Stations are located in the East, West, North, and South areas of Knox County. If you would like to inquire about membership, please fill out the Membership Inquiry form.
 

Want to Join our Team? Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad is staffed by highly motivated, trained, and licensed volunteers who live in our community. Members are "Neighbors helping Neighbors". Some members are already trained in the EMS/Fire/Rescue/Law Enforcement field. Some join without any prior training and have received hundreds of hours of training and have responded to many needs in our community. Want to join our caring team? Your membership will help us continue to ensure our community that when needed, "We'll be there!". Application period for the January 2012 academy is now open. Application packets are available, just click "KVERS Forms" to the left of this page and print the PDF file.  If you have questions or would like someone from the Membership Committee to contact you, just click "Membership Inquiry".

The Knoxville Volunteer Rescue Squad is a not-for-profit charitable organization which relies on contributions to support and expand our unique mission of caring. There are several ways you can donate to the Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad.  

(Click here) to view ways you can help us continue to provide services.

- Memorial donations

- Honorariums

- Other donations

- In-kind donations

- Bequests

- Donate an old vehicle

Those that have contributed so that we can help others (click here to see more)

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The Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad in the News

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Listen To Live Radio Broadcasts of the Rescue Squad in Action.
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To hear archived copies of previous radio traffic
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Click Here to see th KVERS 2009 Year from the Awards Banquet

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