Second Alarmers Rescue Squad Receives Statewide Award, Approval on New Whitpain Station

The Second Alarmers Rescue Squad (SARS), Whitpain Township's primary responder, recently won a statewide award and the Whitpain Board of Supervisors approved land development on its new home in the township.

Agency of the Year Award

At the Pennsylvania EMS Awards on Nov. 19 in Camp Hill, Pa., SARS won “Agency of the Year,” an award presented by the PA Department of Health, Bureau of EMS and the Pennsylvania Emergency Services Council.

“Congratulations to the Second Alarmers Rescue Squad upon receiving the 2012 EMS Agency of the Year Award for Outstanding Service to the Community,” Representative Kate Harper (R-61) said in a statement on Facebook.

“This award honors a large-volume EMS agency for its contribution to quality pre-hospital care within the community by demonstrating a consistent pattern of timely care delivery, working cooperatively with surrounding EMS agencies and supporting professional activities for its providers,” according to the SARS website.

New Home in Whitpain Township

On Jan. 7, the Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors approved a land development plan for the future Second Alarmers Resque Squad station, according to the Ambler Gazette.

SARS, which is headquartered out of Willow Grove, expanded its primary response area to include Whitpain Township in 2007. Currently, the organization operates out of a trailer on the township’s municipal complex.

The new station will be located in the parking lot between the police building and Wentz Run Park.

Whitpain Township has provided right-of-use of the property to SARS, which is now responsible for funding the $1.5 million project.

The project is set to start sometime this summer.

Click here for more on the SARS fundraising goals to complete the project.

Click here to donate to the station fund.

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