Editing River Vale, New Jersey (section)

===Ambulance===
Begun in 1956, and formally incorporated in 1957, the River Vale Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. (RVVAC) is located at 333 Rivervale Road. The corps is run by an executive board, consisting of the business officers and the line officers. The business officers are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, and the line officers are the Captain, 1st Lieutenant, and 2nd Lieutenant. The RVVAC 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 township. Funding is provided by donations and support from the township.<ref>[https://www.rivervalenj.org/153/Ambulance-Corps Ambulance Corps], Township of River Vale. Accessed October 7, 2019.</ref>

The corps provides [[basic life support]], and is staffed primarily by certified [[Emergency Medical Technician]]s. [[CPR]]-trained [[Ambulance driver|drivers]] are also sometimes on duty. They have two [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Ambulances|Type III ambulances]], Ambulance 50 and Ambulance 60, and three [[Emergency Medical Services in the United States#Nontransporting vehicles|first responder vehicles]] that on-duty members use to respond to emergency calls. Dispatching is provided by the River Vale Police Department's 9-1-1 center.

The primary jurisdiction of the RVVAC is the Township of River Vale, but the corps 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]], [[Hillsdale, New Jersey|Hillsdale]], and Tri-Boro ([[Park Ridge, New Jersey|Park Ridge]], [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]], and [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]]).

The RVVAC is a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, the Pascack Valley Volunteer Ambulance Association and the Pascack Valley Mutual Aid Group.