How to join the Huntington Community First Aid Squad in person:
It's easy! Attend a Recruitment Session on the third Sunday of each month from 2:00pm to 3:30pm to obtain all the information and get your questions answered. Then:
- Enroll in an American Red Cross "Responding to Emergencies / CPR for the Professional Rescuer" class. It takes about 32 hours to complete the course.
- After you pass the CPR component - usually the third and fourth classes - the Membership Committee chairperson will address the class and pass out applications.
- Complete and return the application. HCFAS will mail letters to your references.
- You will be invited to a personal interview. You will be asked why you want to join the Squad, and be given additional information about HCFAS policies and procedures. You will be asked to sign a Disclosure Form allowing us to do a Background Check. You will also receive information about taking a Squad-paid physical exam.
- Go to a Squad physician and complete the medical exam. When all forms have been received, your file will be brought to a Board of Directors meeting to review your application, references, background check and the recommendation of the members attending your personal interview. The Board will make a decision, and you will be notified promptly.
- You will attend Dispatch Training classes for three weeks, then dispatch on your shift for approximately 13 weeks, pass a dispatch exam and attend ambulance orientation prior to riding an ambulance. You will progress from observer to aide to first aider.
- If you wish to become a driver or crew leader, you will take further training at HCFAS to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).
- If you have any questions about the process or your progress please contact us at recruitment@hcfas.org.
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