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.


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Your support ensures our ability to ensure to the

community that "We'll be there!"  

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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