The Salem Rescue Squad was organized on the 15th of November,1932. Even though it was called the Salem Life Saving Crew when it was first established, the Salem Rescue Squad was patterned after the Roanoke Life Saving & First Aid Crew, organized in 1928. In our third building now and more than 75 years later, the Salem Rescue Squad continues its all volunteer tradition of giving the best pre-hospital health care to the citizens of Salem and surrounding Roanoke Valley.

The Salem Rescue Squad still relies on donations for the financing of daily operations. These funds provide for the vehicles we use, the maintence of these vehicles, medical supplies, and the most state-of-the-art medical equipment available to further the Squad’s long standing tradition for years to come.