BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance
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BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance provides ambulance coverage
and emergency medical services
to the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge
and Dyker Heights
in Brooklyn, New York. As a volunteer organization, its services are free. BRAVO is entirely supported by donations.
The organization was established in 1974. At the time, ambulance response times in Bay Ridge were very poor. Waiting an hour for a city or hospital-based ambulance was not uncommon. BRAVO can respond anywhere in the neighborhoods it serves within minutes. Though city and hospital ambulance
response times have since improved, many neighborhood residents prefer to use BRAVO's services.
BRAVO is named after the movie Rio Bravo. After the organization was named, some thought that the name could stand for Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization. (It is a backronym
.)
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
and emergency medical services
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient, or the medical practitioner, believes constitutes a medical emergency...
to the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA. It is bounded by Sunset Park on the north, Seventh Avenue and Dyker Heights on the east, The Narrows Strait, which partially houses the Belt Parkway, on the west and 86th Street and Fort Hamilton on...
and Dyker Heights
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Dyker Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City, USA. It is sandwiched among Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend Bay. According to the Post Office, Dyker Heights is bounded to the west by Interstate 278, to the north by Bay Ridge...
in Brooklyn, New York. As a volunteer organization, its services are free. BRAVO is entirely supported by donations.
The organization was established in 1974. At the time, ambulance response times in Bay Ridge were very poor. Waiting an hour for a city or hospital-based ambulance was not uncommon. BRAVO can respond anywhere in the neighborhoods it serves within minutes. Though city and hospital ambulance
Voluntary ambulance (New York City)
Twenty Five hospitals in New York run ambulances that respond to 911 calls under the auspices of the Fire Department of New York Bureau of Emergency Medical Services. Voluntary ambulances work in conjunction with FDNY ambulances. 37% of the ambulance tours in the city are run by voluntary hospitals...
response times have since improved, many neighborhood residents prefer to use BRAVO's services.
BRAVO is named after the movie Rio Bravo. After the organization was named, some thought that the name could stand for Bay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization. (It is a backronym
Backronym
A backronym or bacronym is a phrase constructed purposely, such that an acronym can be formed to a specific desired word. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology....
.)