Editing Hillsdale, New Jersey (section)

===Ambulance===
The Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service was established on January 5, 1954. The service is run by six officers: president, vice president, captain, lieutenant, secretary, and treasurer.<ref>[http://www.hillsdaleamb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=12 Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151000/http://www.hillsdaleamb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24&Itemid=12 |date=July 26, 2011 }}, Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Service. Accessed December 4, 2014.</ref> The HVAS is an all-volunteer [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Organization and funding|independent public emergency medical service]]. As such, they do not bill for services, and their equipment is not directly paid for by the borough. Funding is provided by donations and support from the borough. The service provides [[basic life support]], and is staffed primarily by certified [[emergency medical technician]]s. They have one [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Ambulances|Type III ambulance]], Ambulance 36.

The primary jurisdiction of the HVAS is the Borough of Hillsdale, but the service also regularly responds to requests for mutual-aid from the neighboring [[First Aid Squad]]s of [[Old Tappan, New Jersey|Old Tappan]], [[Emerson, New Jersey|Emerson]], [[Washington Township, Bergen County, New Jersey|Washington Township]], [[Westwood, New Jersey|Westwood]], [[River Vale, New Jersey|River Vale]], and Tri-Boro ([[Park Ridge, New Jersey|Park Ridge]], [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]], and [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]]).

The HVAS is a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, the Pascack Valley Volunteer Ambulance Association, and the Pascack Valley Mutual Aid Group, which includes organizations covering eight neighboring municipalities.<ref>[http://twpofwashington.us/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180007231&cpage_id=180036456 About Us], Washington Township Ambulance Corps. Accessed December 4, 2014. "WTVAC is a member of the Pascack Valley Mutual Aid Group, which includes the Township of Washington, Westwood, Hillsdale, Emerson, Tri-Boro (Park Ridge, Woodcliff Lake, Montvale), River Vale, and Old Tappan."</ref>