Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Update: The fire at The Home Depot in Riverhead involved two trailers parked at the rear of the store, Riverhead Town Police said in a press release Tuesday.

Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps kicked off National EMS Week Sunday with an open house at its headquarters. Photos.

RVAC volunteers answer thousands of calls each year. For many members, the ambulance corps becomes a second family.

A single-car crash on Middle Road just west of Mill Road in Riverhead this morning sent a woman and a child to Peconic Bay Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.

The fire suppression system at BJ’s gas station in Riverhead was accidentally activated this morning, coating customers, vehicles and much of the site with a dry chemical agent that’s used to extinguish fuel-related and electrical fires

RVAC, which has been answering Riverhead's calls for help for 48 years, is calling on the community for help meeting its goal of building a new facility without taxpayer dollars.

RVAC invites the public to an open house to see and discuss plans for a new 16,600-sq. ft. building to provide adequate facilities for its staff of 150 professionals — including 110 volunteers — its emergency vehicles, equipment and supplies.

Apple Honda General Manager Bill Fields presented Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps with a $50,000 donation this afternoon at the ambulance corps' Osborn Avenue headquarters.

Riverhead officials marked National EMS Week Monday evening at Town Hall with an awards ceremony recognizing Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Stony Brook EMS and Riverhead Police Department members for five CPR saves made this year so far.

Riverhead Volunteer Ambulance Corps kicked off National EMS Week with an open house at its headquarters yesterday, in an event that featured CPR and car seat safety instruction, ambulance tours, child ID registration, a Chinese auction, concert ticket giveaways, face-painting, games and activities and more. Photos.