WELCOME to the Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps Web Site!
The Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps is a group of people working together to provide our community with the highest quality ambulance service at no charge to the patient or the patient's family. Flatlands responds to approximately 1,000 emergency calls per year. The largest cost factor in our $175,000 budget is over $40,000 in insurance premiums. Financial contributions are important. Without the generous support of the community we could not continue our services. More important is the contribution of time. As people move, get different jobs, or decide to pursue other interests we constantly lose members. Good members are hard to replace. This is especially true of the trained individuals who are responsible for the actual delivery of emergency medical care, our EMTs. We provide all of the training necessary for you to become an EMT.
FVAC began operating as the first Advanced Life Support Volunteer Ambulance Corps in Brooklyn in August 2004.
We are currently looking for REMAC certified Paramedics to join FVAC to enable us to open additional ALS shifts.
Twenty-six of our members were honored for exceptional service on September 11, 2001. Almost all of our members provided additional service at Ground Zero, Chelsea Pier, or elsewhere in the aftermath of that terrible event.
Our Phone Numbers
If you need to reach us for an EMERGENCY
call (718)338-0444.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact us on our business line at
(718)338-0434.
Our mailing address
Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corps
4623 Avenue N
Brooklyn, NY 11234-3614
Our Service Area
We service the following Brooklyn neighborhoods:
Bergen Beach
Flatlands
Futurama
Georgetown
Marine Park
Mill Basin
Mill Island
Miscellaneous News
FVAC held its annual awards dinner on Wednesday, December 2, 2009. 28 awards were presented to FVAC members for service to the Corps and the community.
A complete list of award recipients is available here
Additionally, a complete list of our 2010 elected officers is available here
FVAC dedicated its new ambulance, courtesy of NYC Councilman Lew Fidler and its building renovation, in honor of past FVAC Captain's Jay Gottlieb and Robert Stonehill, on Sunday, October 25, 2009
Pictured below is a group shot of FVAC members.
Photograph by Steve Solomonson
FVAC Paramedic Dave Moskowitz tends to the victim of an overturned van on Ryder St. & Avenue U, on Saturday, October 18, 2009.
Photograph by Benny Stumbo
FVAC Public Relations Officer Joseph Auerbach and FVAC member Elizabeth Stonehill receive an award from the New York Blood Services for FVAC's participation in their 2009 annual blood drive, on September 17, 2009. Pictured below: Lydia Phang (NYBS), Joe Auerbach, NYBS member, Liz Stonehill, and two NYBS members.
Photograph courtesy of New York Blood Services
FVAC 1st Lieutenant Peter Bojmal poses with Winnie the Pooh at the Back to School 2009 event at Marine Park on Sunday, September 13, 2009.
Photograph by Mendel Farkas
Any FVAC member who hasn't received a badge should contact the Communications Officer ASAP.
Additionally, any member who has not received an ID card or who needs an ID card photo taken, should contact F-418 during the Saturday III or by e-mail.
Please visit and register for the FVAC Forum.
Defensive Driving Courses open to the public!
E-Mail questions/comments to: Webmaster@fvac.org
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© 2010 Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance & First Aid Corps, Inc.