Volunteer emergency medical response - 100,000 calls a year, 1,500 volunteers, 85 ambulances across NYS.
"All life is sacred. It's Hatzalah's honor, duty and mission to preserve it." Chevra Hatzalah is manned by a volunteer network of dedicated fathers, husbands and sons, providing emergency medical response to the public and treating all in need regardless of race, religion or ethnicity - some 100,000 calls per year, 1,500 volunteer EMTs, paramedics and more, and 85 ambulances covering 55 neighborhoods across New York State. Emergency: 718-230-1000. Office: 718-998-9000. Information compiled from hatzalah.org.