First U.S. Volunteer rescue squad founded - 1928
We’re given to understand that Stanley Wise (1900 - 1985), nine years old, saw two men capsize a canoe in the Roanoke River. Many people were present and watched the accident - but none had the toolsor expertise to attempt a rescue. Both men died.
In 1928, with nine colleagues from the Norfolk & Western Railway, Wise started a rescue squad - with communications support from the city of Roanoke; a local funeral home provided an ambulance.
The wikipedia reference links to Ronanoke’s Volunteer Rescue Muesum
and to Pat Ivey’s EMT Rescue which title is new to us (ISBN-0-7592-4464-2), but we’re going to see if we can track down a copy.
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