Volunteer VISAR crew member Paul Hubbard checks Traci’s vitals.
always result in launching the boat,” Paul said. A second 29-foot rescue boat is currently being custom built by TP Marine in Holland, to be launched out of the Virgin Gorda VISAR headquarters in Spanish Town. The VISAR launch record is available at www. visar.org, along with information on how to
coordinator. Dialing 911 or 999 will also
donate or volunteer. The organization
eventually reach a coordinator, after going
currently has about 30 trained volunteer
through BVI Emergency Services. As soon as
crewmembers in Tortola and 15 more based
I left the VISAR headquarters, I programmed
in Virgin Gorda, but they are always looking
VISAR Emergency as 767 into my phone’s
for
directory, and I believe everyone in the
fundraising or answering phones. “You can
more
volunteers—either
for
crew,
BVI should do the same. (767 is SOS on a
never have too many volunteers,” Paul said.
standard phone keypad.)
Crew training, which includes completing an
VISAR, a volunteer organization solely
Emergency First Response course, can take
funded by donations, answers an average of
up to a year to be “competently and
one shout per week over the course of the
confidently” completed. Interested parties or
year—some weeks they receive several
prospective volunteers can stop by VISAR’s
shouts per day while other weeks they
weekly meeting on Mondays at 6:30pm in
receive none. “The coordinators deal with a
Road Reef or on Tuesdays at 6pm in Spanish Town for more information. PY
lot more calls than that, but they don’t
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