Lindenwood Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc

We are going GREEN! Lindenwood VAC introduces its new ambulance to our fleet! While not completely a zero emission vehicle, this 2 HP ambulance is fuled with sugar cubes, hay and carrots! The ambulance riding on 20 spoke wooden wheels, on solid axles and rigid spring dampening.

The unit is in production and below is an artist rendering of the unit in production.. Due to arrive exactly a year from today!

Great news to start this beautiful April Day!

The Officers and Members of Lindenwood VAC extend their deepest condolences to Glendale Volunteer Ambulance and the New York State Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Association on the passing of Helen Fries.

Helen's dedication to both Glendale VAC and the NYSVA&RA led to significant advancements to the Volunteer EMS community in NYC. We will miss her and her significant contributions. May her memory be a blessing.

Unfortunately, 2026 starts with somber news, A small Long Island Volunteer Fire Department has ceased operations after serving their communities for 100 years. The reason the lack of volunteers, a problem that is being faced by all volunteer agencies nationwide.

This Excerpt says it all:
"Fire Chief Martin Tolan started working at this fire department in 2003. He says Floral Park is one of the smallest departments on Long Island, and they were 100% volunteer.
“If you know what time the call is coming in at, you can organize people to be there,” Tolan said. “It’s getting harder and harder to get members around and to be here when there is a call.”

Maureen Brady lives next door to the fire house. Her father was the fire chief at one time and her brother also volunteered.
“Back in the day, there were so many men and women in the neighborhood that volunteered,” Brady said. “I understand now why people don’t. They need to work two or three jobs just to make a living.”

Don't let any more agencies close.. VOLUNTEER TODAY!

https://longisland.news12.com/floral-park-centre-fire-company-ceasing-operations-after-100-years?fbclid=IwY2xjawPFc-xleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeABpY9FoOCNYcV13RgbftRpgsqlr3NWNVy7rkB7BBXd8j5nwIWA0hLLRGdhw_aem_o9F7dzU11a-x_Sppkspx-g

Floral Park Centre Fire Company ceasing operations after 100 years Tolan said other departments in the area are willing to take the extra firefighters if they want to continue volunteering.

Please join the Officers and Members of Lindenwood VAC in sharing our deepest condolences to the family of and members of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) on the passing of Lieutenant James "Jimmy" McGee of FDNY EMS Station 54 who succumbed to illness related to his response to the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 today.

Jimmy also served at Station 49 , Station 47 and Haztac and he was a former paramedic at Lenox Hill Hospital and Jamaica Hospital.

Lieutenant James McGee, FDNY EMS Station 54,
EOW December 12, 2025 - Manhattan Box 5-5-8087
Rest Easy Jimmy we have it from here

Our website and email systems appear to have successfully been migrated to our new hosting provider. We like to thank our previous host, who donated the space for decades.. but is closing their service soon.

Also, to know, some emails may have been rejected or lost during the transition while the addresses were pointed to our web and email server . While we performed this overnight on a weekend when email traffic is light.. there could be some lost mail. So if you sent something and haven't received a reply. Please try again!

Lastly, thanks to our transition team Chris and John..

If you notice an error or something else webpage or email related let us know..

Lindenwood VAC salutes our Veterans who have kept our great nation safe and secure. Thank you for your service and sacrifice to our nation!

We are currently migrating our webpage and agency e-mail to another web hosting service. Our webpage may experience brief outages as we transfer and update. In addition there may be brief outages in e-mail services as we transfer the mailboxes to new services. There will be NO disruption to Facebook and X (twitter) pages.

This morning, Life Member and Ex-Deputy Chief John Buonincontri, who was the ranking officer in command of Lindenwood VAC's World Trade Center Response on 9/11/2001, attended a September 11th remembrance event near his new home in Clermont, Florida. The event was heavily attended by fellow retired First Responders from New York City as well as active First Responders around Florida.

A big thank you to the City of Clermont Government , Clermont Police Department (FL) and Clermont Fire Department for organizing this annual event. This event has special significance for those of us who remember that tragic day.

Also, thank you to Mission BBQ - Clermont for the delicious lunch provided to attendees.

You may watch a recorded version of the ceremony here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/t4fJIa_1oec?si=InDGHqDZxNLh4Zqr

We will NEVER forget..

May God grant continued eternal rest to all the innocents who perished that day and to all those who perished from related diseases since..