Bean Station Volunteer Rescue Squad

Bean Station Volunteer Rescue Squad was chartered in January of 1975 and initially worked out of the old Stetzer’s Funeral home (now Sunshine Day Care). The first members of the squad had to transport the rescue boats in the back of their personal trucks. The rescue squad ran an ambulance until 1984 when the Grainger County Ambulance Authority was formed and we became strictly rescue and no longer transported patients to hospitals.

In the year’s that have passed we have grown and developed more advanced training for patient rescue and recovery and first response. Today we have a staff of 30 active members, not including Lifetime members as well as honorary members. We are a totally free service and are located at 138 Campbell Drive, behind Accent’s Full Service Salon in Bean Station. We are a member of the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads.

We rely largely on donations from the communities we serve and community fundraisers. We receive a yearly donation from the City of Bean Station, Grainger County and the United Way. And as thankful as we are for these funds, unfortunately they do not cover the yearly cost of the insurance we must maintain. Operational funds are needed for electricity, telephone, building & equipment maintenance, truck maintenance and fuel.

Our department covers a large area of the county. At present we cover Bean Station from Hamblen & Hawkins County lines to the Claiborne County Line on 25E, down Hwy. 131 to Puncheon Camp in Washburn, Thorn Hill to the Hancock County line and to Helton Road toward Rutledge. We also cover Mooresburg for Hawkins County Rescue Squad when asked. We send crews to other counties when a Region Call Out has been issued by the Tennessee Association of Rescue Squads.

We operate 2 crash trucks, both equipped with vehicle extrication equipment and medical first response equipment. All members are certified in vehicle extrication, emergency vehicle operations, Basic First Aid/CPR, water rescue/recovery, search rescue, and AED (Automated External Defibrillator). We have five First Responders, with others waiting for the training, four emergency medical technicians with IV therapy and two paramedics all who donate their time and skills to the rescue squad.

Our community involvement includes being a designated emergency shelter and sponsor, starting and maintaining the first Toys for Tots in our county which we have sponsored for 8 years, participating in emergency services awareness at Bean Station Elementary, sponsoring the first two years of Harvest Pride Days and being a Medic Blood Drive sponsor.

Our goal is to provide the fastest and safest response to any emergency scene we are called for. We are committed to advancing our training in other fields. At present we are working toward a dive/rescue team and cave rescue team.

We are committed to the other agencies in our area such our volunteer fire department, city police department and the ambulance service. Our faith and confidence in them to lend us a helping hand has been rewarded time and again.

But above all this we know that God leads the way and provides for our rescue squad. We have faith in Him that we will always be available to the communities we serve as long as He sees a need.

Email us at BSVRS@firehousemail.com