Our History

Peekskill Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Inc. was in incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in July, 1964 as a membership corporation, sponsored and organized by citizens of the community.

The first ambulance owned by the Peekskill Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps was a 1951 Cadillac purchased for $125 by Mr. Richard French and former Peekskill Fire Chief, Charles Olah, and donated to the new ambulance squads.

On January 15, 1965 the volunteers were trained and ready to receive calls. At first the ambulance was parked outside the old Peekskill Hospital and crew members spend duty hours in the cramped and dirty confines of the boiler room.