Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps

The Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps, also known as the LVAC & simply as Lancaster Ambulance is a not-for-profit (501c3) EMS agency in Lancaster, New York. The Corps primary response area is the Village & Town of Lancaster, the Village of Depew and the Village & Town of Alden, New York. It also responds to areas via mutual aid agreements and requests for service. LVAC responds 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The LVAC is a combination EMS agency, having a career staff on duty 24/7 and supplemented by a volunteer staff. Lancaster Ambulance covers a population of about 90,000 people in a geographic area of approximately 83 square miles and responds to over 6,000 EMS requests a year. The Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps is dispatched by the Lancaster Police Department and receives online medical direction through the Erie County Medical Center.

Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps
Established1953
Headquarters40 Embry Place
JurisdictionTown of Lancaster, New York,Village of Lancaster, New York, Village of Depew, New York, Village of Alden, New York, Town of Alden, New York
Employees40 Career, 10 Volunteer
BLS or ALSALS
Ambulances8
Helicopters0
Fly-cars2
ChiefLord Kevin Schieber
Medical directorJoseph Bart, DO
Responses6,000
Websitelancasterambulance.org
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