Protect Our Community!

Flu season is here, and Charlestown Ambulance-Rescue Service is helping our community stay healthy!

Join us for a FREE Community Flu Shot Clinic at the Cross Mills Public Library!

📅 Wednesday, October 28
🕛 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
📍 Cross Mills Public Library
4417 Old Post Road, Charlestown, RI

✅ All flu shots will be provided FREE of charge!

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Our Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) team is at the Charlestown Senior Center today, helping members of our community stay healthy by providing flu vaccinations!

Preventive care is an important part of our MIH program, and we’re happy to bring these services directly to our community.

Thank you to the Charlestown Senior Center for having us!

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Our Public Safety Rescue Swimmer Program kicked off today at Watchaug Pond!

Students spent their first day getting familiar with their equipment, practicing swimming techniques, and learning skills for operating in and around capsized vessels.

These foundational skills are an important part of preparing rescue swimmers to safely and effectively respond to emergencies on the water.

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Charlestown Ambulance-Rescue Service is teaming up with the Rhode Island Blood Center, and we’d love your help supporting patients who depend on donated blood.

📅 Monday, November 2
⏰ 2–6 p.m.
📍 RIBC Bloodmobile at our station, 4891 Old Post Road, Charlestown

Schedule your appointment at ribc.org/drives using code RR3654, or scan the QR code on the flyer.

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After a challenging week on the water, our Public Safety Rescue Swimmer Course wrapped up today with final practical evaluations in the Charlestown Breachway.

Throughout the week, students trained in a variety of environments across southern Rhode Island, working in currents, significant surf, around rocks and jetties, and in moving water. Today, they brought those skills together during their ... (Full Story & Photos)

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Today, our Public Safety Rescue Swimmer class took their training to the Pawcatuck River, where students worked through exercises designed to prepare them for swiftwater rescue operations.

The day focused on working safely in moving water, using rope systems, operating as a coordinated rescue team, and maneuvering rescue equipment through current.

Throughout the week, students have trained ... (Full Story & Photos)

Today’s training focused on working safely and effectively in the surf zone, navigating around rocks, reading the water, and developing the skills and confidence needed to operate in a dynamic marine environment.

Conditions like these provide an invaluable training opportunity. When an emergency happens along our coastline, our rescue swimmers need to be prepared to operate safely in conditions ... (Full Story & Photos)