Christmas came early for Lindenwood VAC thru a very generous donation of three Physio Control / Meditronic LifePak CR Plus Automatic External Defibrillators from our friends at Rescue Training International.

The donation of these defibrillators will help Lindenwood VAC better serve our communities.

Again, a HUGE thank you to Kevin Mahoney and Sean Graves from Rescue Training International.

Please check them out for if you are interested in EMS / CPR training!!

Early last year our website crashed and we lost all our content. We were able to find some content from our old page and we were able to recreate some pages. This will take some time… but we will be back.. Till then visit us on Facebook – CLICK THE LINK BELOW!

 

Press Release
For Immediate Release
For Information
Deputy Chief John Buonincontri
deputychief@lvac.net

Vandals deface volunteer ambulance.

OZONE PARK (NY) – Sometime in the early morning hours overnight, vandals painted graffiti on one of two ambulances owned by Lindenwood Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps (VAC), a community based volunteer ambulance service serving the 40,000 residents of the Southwest Queens communities of Lindenwood (part of Howard Beach), Ozone Park and South Ozone Park .  The damage was discovered by a member of the corps early Sunday morning. “The dollar of spray paint will now result in thousands in repairs and a vehicle being out of service for weeks.” said Chief Christopher DeLuca of the ambulance service. “and we don’t know if this will be covered by our insurance policy” he continued.

The ambulance service is no stranger to acts of vandalism on its property. Lindenwood VAC’s headquarters, once the home of famed beatnik author Jack Kerouac had a memorial placed in the author’s honor stolen and more recently its other ambulance was also hit with graffiti however the vandals used markers its was easily cleaned.

Like most of the 32 remaining volunteer ambulance services in New York City, Lindenwood VAC does not have a garage or place to store its vehicles and it is forced to park them unprotected on the street.  “This event has us now reexamining where we park and secure our fleet” said Deputy Chief John Buonincontri “we will probably have to invest in a video surveillance system costing thousands as we do not the ability to move nor the funds to rent a garage or space to place the vehicles for the long term”

NYPD is currently investigating the crime. Lindenwood VAC is currently trying to get surveillance footage from a nearby business hoping it will yield some evidence to help police catch the individual responsible.

Meantime, Lindenwood VAC is left holding the bag faced with costly repairs and upgrades in security as well as being left with one ambulance until the repairs are complete. Those who wish to donate to help defray repairs, are able to assist the squad in security upgrades or have a garage or secured lot to donate are urged to contact Lindenwood VAC at 718-738-3029 or deputychief@lvac.net. Donations may be sent to PO Box 170191, Ozone Park, NY 11417-0191

Further information:
Chief Christopher DeLuca (chief@lvac.net)
Deputy Chief John Buonincontri (deputychief@lvac.net)

07/05/2007 – Lindenwood VAC goes to Times Square!!!
Lindenwood VAC will appear as part of a new Dell Small Business Computer ad campaign. Dell will rotate Lindenwood VAC advertisement along with other small businesses on a billboard in NYC’s Times Square for two days, Monday, July 09, 2007 and Tuesday, July 10, 2007.

1/3/03 – Lindenwood VAC has officially launched its ALS program, giving us the ability to help our community and give them the highest level of pre-hospital care possible.
This day was marked with our ALS crew (2 Paramedics and 1 EMT) stabilizing and transporting one patient.

7/23/02 – Lindenwood VAC is pleased to announce we have received permission from REMAC to start to provide Full Advanced Life Support to the citizens of our service area. Check back soon for our ALS scheduling

2/8/02 – Lindenwood VAC is pleased to announce we will now be running regular crews six days a week adding Saturdays from 10am to 5pm to our schedule. Check back soon for more schedule additions

12/16/01 – Christmas came early to Lindenwood VAC in the form of a fully equipped 1994 ambulance from Brighton Volunteer Ambulance Corp of Brighton, New York, more than 500 miles away. Click on the link to the Queens Chronicle to read more about this event.

 

 

Councilman Joseph Addabbo (l.) and Chief Christopher DeLuca (3rd from l.) of LVAC, were presented with the keys to a new ambulance by Sandra Frankel, Brighton town supervisor, and Tom Walters of the Brighton VAC. (photo by K. Lo ©Queens Chronicle)

 

12/7/2001 – The Independent Biker’s Toys for Tots Run was a huge success. An estimated 15,000 bikers participated and we no injuries were reported. Lindenwood VAC would like to thank Broad Channel VFD, Glendale VAC, Jamaica Estates VAC, West Hamilton Beach VFD, and Woodhaven-Richmond Hill VAC for assisting in the EMS coverage.

3/22/2001 – LVAC received final written confirmation from NYC REMAC that LVAC is authorized to allow Paramedics riding on our BLS ambulances to perform Advanced Airway techniques. LVAC is now in the process of selecting a vendor and purchasing the equipment necessary to provide this function.