Posting updated May 30, 2024, with banner graphic added. Database is also periodically updated with corrections.
Research notes on the oldest rescue squads in North Carolina. Originally compiled in September 2022 in this Facebook posting.
Source data in this Google spreadsheet copied from Excel master file.
| Name | County | Status | Start | Stop |
| Winston-Salem Rescue Squad, Inc. | Forsyth | former | 1937 | 2014 |
| Davidson County Rescue Squad, Inc. | Davidson | active | 1941 | —— |
| Elkin Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. | Surry | active | 1941 | —— |
| Beaufort Rescue Squad (v1) | Carteret | former | 1942 | TBD |
| Gaston Life Saving and First Aid Crew | Gaston | former | 1948 | 2021 |
| ADR [?] Rescue Squad | Columbus | former | 1950 | 1963? |
| Red Cross Rescue Squad | Moore | former | 1950 | TBD |
| Rowan County Rescue Squad, Inc. | Rowan | active | 1951 | —— |
| Mooresville Rescue Squad | Iredell | former | 1952 | 2015 |
| Pink Hill Rescue Squad | Lenoir/Duplin | former | 1952 | 2004 |
| Wake Forest Rescue Squad (v1) | Wake | former | 1952 | late 1950s? |
| Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc., The | Wake | former | 1953 | 1960s |
| Goldsboro Rescue Squad, Inc. / Goldsboro Rescue & EMS Inc. (1989) | Wayne | former | 1953 | TBD |
| Vance Life Saving and Rescue Squad, Inc., The / Vance County Rescue Squad | Vance | active | 1953 | —— |
| Mount Holly Lifesaving Crew, Inc. / Mount Holly Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Inc. | Mecklenburg | former | 1954 | 2001 |
| Graham Rescue Unit, Inc. (renamed Alamance Co. Rescue in 1972) | Graham | former | 1955 | 1972 |
| Wilkes Rescue Squad, Inc. | Wilkes | active | 1955 | —— |
| Lovelady Rescue Squad, Inc. | Caldwell | former | 1956 | 2017 |
| Roanoke Valley Rescue Squad, Inc., The | Halifax | active | 1956 | —— |
| Pembroke Rescue Squad, Inc. | Robeson | active | 1956 | —— |
| Robeson County Rescue Squad (renamed Lumberton RS) | Robeson | active | 1956 | —— |
| Alexander Rescue Squad, Inc. / Alexander Rescue Squad and EMS (1990) | Alexander | active | 1957 | —— |
| Chatham County Rescue Squad of Siler City, Inc. | Chatham | active | 1957 | —— |
| Hendersonville VFW Rescue Squad / Hendersonville Rescue Squad, Inc. (renamed Henderson County RS) | Henderson | former | 1957 | 1972 |
| Johnston County Civil Defense Rescue Squad (renamed Smithfield RS) | Johnston | former | 1957 | 1981? |
| Lincoln County Life Saving and First Aid Crew, Inc., The | Lincoln | former | 1957 | 2014 |
| Madison-Rockingham Rescue Squad, Inc. | Rockingham | active | 1957 | —— |
| Anson Rescue Squad, Inc. | Anson | active | 1958 | —— |
| Claremont Rescue Squad, Inc. | Catawba | active | 1958 | —— |
| Kings Mountain Rescue / Kings Mountain Emergency Services, Inc. (1977?) / Kings Mountain Emergency Rescue Services, Inc. (1979) | Cleveland | former | 1958 | 2022 |
| Ahoskie Rescue Squad, Inc. | Hertford | former | 1958 | 2011, by |
| Raeford Rescue Squad | Hoke | former | 1958 | TBD |
| Kenly Rescue Squad | Johnston | former | 1958 | TBD |
| Macon Search and Rescue Squadron, Inc. / Macon Search and Rescue Squad, Inc. (1969) | Macon | active | 1958 | —— |
| Shelby Life Saving and Rescue Unit, Inc. / Shelby Rescue Squad, Inc (1993) | Cleveland | former | 1959 | 2022 |
| Trenton Emergency Rescue Squad, Inc. / Trenton EMS, Inc. (2005) | Jones | active | 1959 | —— |
| McDowell County Rescue Squad, Inc. / McDowell County Rescue Squad & Ambulance, Inc. (1990) | McDowell | active | 1959 | —— |
| North Mecklenburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, Inc. | Mecklenburg | former | 1959 | 2017 |
| Morehead City Rescue Squad | Carteret | former | 1960 | 2000 |
| Grover Rescue Squad, Inc. | Cleveland | former | 1960 | 2012/13 |
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