style="font-size: larger;" | Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Star of Life
Established:	1962
Type:	Volunteer
Location:	Ardsley, New York Ardsley, New York Ardsley is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Greenburgh. The village's population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. The current mayor of Ardsley is Jay Leon....
Website:	www.asvac.org

The Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps (ASVAC), established in 1962, provides emergency medical services

Emergency medical services

Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...

 to the village of Ardsley, New York

Ardsley, New York

Ardsley is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Greenburgh. The village's population was 4,452 at the 2010 census. The current mayor of Ardsley is Jay Leon....

 and Ardsley school district (excluding Dobbs Ferry, NY). All members are volunteers who live or work in the community. ASVAC runs two basic life support

Basic life support

Basic life support is the level of medical care which is used for patients with life-threatening illnesses or injuries until the patient can be given full medical care at a hospital. It can be provided by trained medical personnel, including emergency medical technicians, paramedics, and by...

 ambulance, identified by Westchester County as 50-B1 and 50-B2. Advanced life support

Advanced Life Support

Advanced Life Support is a set of life-saving protocols and skills that extend Basic Life Support to further support the circulation and provide an open airway and adequate ventilation .-Components of ALS:These include:...

 is provided by the Greenburgh Police Department via Fly-car

Fly-car

An ambulance emergency response vehicle is a vehicle operated by an emergency medical service to respond to medical emergencies either in addition to, or in place of, an ambulance capable of transporting patients....

.

History

On December 16, 1965, the Ardsley-Secor Volunteer Ambulance Corps accepted delivery of its first headquarters. This 1300 square feet (120.8 m²) building was a donation of the First National City Bank (now Citibank

Citibank

Citibank, a major international bank, is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York, later First National City Bank of New York...

), who had formerly been using the building as a temporary branch in Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It lies on the border of the New York City borough of The Bronx.-Overview:...

.