{"id":19,"date":"2015-03-02T14:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T19:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/newtest\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2023-02-16T09:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T14:12:21","slug":"riding-member","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/riding-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you over the age of 18, possess a valid NJ driver\u2019s license and satisfactory driving record?\u00a0 If so, the BHVRS can always use new volunteers to ride with us!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are looking for people in the community who are enthusiastic, willing to learn, and looking to make a difference for their neighbors!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE WILL TRAIN YOU. Medical experience is not required to join the BHVRS! As a new Associate member, you will be riding with an experienced crew, to learn and assist when needed. You will never be alone or put in a position to make decisions you are not trained to make.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will certify you in CPR and provide you with basic first aid education. As time goes on, we will teach you how to drive our ambulances and ultimately offer you the opportunity to become certified as an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s easy to become a member. Contact us and come in for an informal meeting with our membership team. We\u2019ll answer all of your questions, including scheduling options and benefits of membership.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Scheduling Our Riding Members &#8211; Expectations<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to preferably ride on the same day each week, with flexible hours available between 7AM-7PM or 7PM-7AM.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability to ride two 6-hour weekend shifts each month, anytime between 7AM Saturday morning, and 7PM Sunday night. These do not need to be consecutive!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>While you are on-call, you are responsible for \u201crig check\u201d at the building at the beginning of your shift.\u00a0 During this time, you&#8217;ll work with your crew to ensure both of our duty ambulances are ready for the day, and also complete some training.\u00a0 (This usually lasts about one hour.)\u00a0 Then, you are free to respond to the squad building from home (if you are a Berkeley Heights resident) when an emergency call comes in.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5>Ready to Apply?<\/h5>\n<p>To apply <a href=\"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/BHVRS-Application-RC.pdf\">click here for the BHVRS Membership Application<\/a> and email or mail the completed application to the BHVRS.\u00a0 <strong>The application document is not enter-able online.<\/strong> Please first download, open, enter data and save locally. You can then send the form via email to <a href=\"mailto:Membership@bhvrs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" shape=\"rect\">Membership@bhvrs.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still have some questions?\u00a0 Email us for more information!\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:membership@bhvrs.org\">membership@bhvrs.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If responding to emergency calls isn\u2019t for you, consider joining us as an Auxiliary member.\u00a0 Follow this link for more information: \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a title=\"Auxiliary Membership\" href=\"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/?page_id=25\">Auxiliary membership<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you over the age of 18, possess a valid NJ driver\u2019s license and satisfactory driving record?\u00a0 If so, the BHVRS can always use new volunteers to ride with us!\u00a0 We are looking for people in the community who are enthusiastic, willing to learn, and looking to make a difference for their neighbors!\u00a0\u00a0 WE WILL [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18641,"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/18641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhvrs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}