About the VB Rescue Council

Our Vision

To represent the collective pride and aspiration of an ever-growing, ever-improving component of volunteers in Virginia Beach’s EMS system.

Articles of Incorporation
Rescue Council Bylaws

Our Mission

To be the democratic forum of choice for the leadership of the city’s volunteer rescue squads to develop consensus positions on issues of Policy and Advice to the EMS Chief and the City Manager; To be a clearinghouse for certain financial matters that flow to and from the squads; To conduct programs that the leadership of the squads deems to be mutually beneficial.

Our Purpose

Rescue Council is democratic forum for the heads of the member agencies to develop consensus positions on issues of:
  • Policy
  • Advice to the EMS Chief and the City Manager
Rescue Council is a clearinghouse for certain streams of money that go to and from member agencies:
  • These clearinghouse activities allow the convenience of accepting and generating checks under one name (“Virginia Beach Rescue Council”), even though the money actually belongs to the individual member agencies.
  • Current financial matters in this category are related to Supporting operations out of shared stations (like EMS Station 15).
Rescue Council conducts programs that the heads of the member agencies deem to be mutually beneficial:

These programs include:

  • Managing direct mail Collaborative Fund Drives
  • Supporting lateral communication between specialized squad officers and coordinators
  • Sponsoring the local Junior Volunteer Rescue Squad
  • Providing a VBEMS-oriented scanner feed via the Internet
  • EMS Week morale activities

Officers

Michael McCracken (R4)
President 

Marisa Rifenburgh (R9)
Vice-President

Desmond Williams (R14)
Secretary

Alex White (R1)
Treasurer

Kyle Musicant (R16)
Member-At-Large

David Wheeler (MRT)
Past-President

Members

Volunteer Rescue Squad Representatives Voting Members

Rescue 1 | Ocean Park
Alex White (Primary)
Dylan Koch (Alternate)

Rescue 2 | Davis Corner
Kay Laws (Primary)
Joyce Mullins (Alternate)

Rescue 4 | Chesapeake Beach
Mike McCracken (Primary)
Jeanette Manzer (Alternate)

Rescue 5 | Princess Anne Courthouse
Nikki Midkiff (Primary)
Nicholas Tassone (Alternate)

Rescue 6 | Creeds
Nancy Gregory (Primary)
Deborah Volzke (Alternate)

Rescue 9 | Kempsville
Kevin Lipscomb (Primary)
Marisa Rifenburgh (Alternate)

Rescue 13 | Blackwater
Bonita Teaford (Primary)
Christopher Florio (Alternate)

Rescue 14 | Virginia Beach
Desmond Williams (Primary)
Addison Blackwell (Alternate)

Rescue 16 | Plaza
Kyle Musicant (Primary)
Chuck Crews (Alternate)

Rescue 17 | Sandbridge
Dee Haberdash (Primary)
Drew Mercer (Alternate)

Marine Rescue Team
Billy Hacskaylo (Primary)
Michael Hazzis (Alternate)

Non-Voting Members

Jason Stroud
City of Virginia Beach Dept. of EMS Chief

Gina Benefiel
VB Rescue Squad Foundation Executive Director

Stewart Martin, MD
City of Virginia Beach EMS Medical Director