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OUR HISTORY
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The Mineral Unit of Louisa County Rescue Squad, Incorporated, was formed in 1956 and located within the town limits of Mineral, Virginia. In 1960 the Mineral Unit was joined by a sister squad, the Louisa Unit, located some 7 miles away in the town limits of Louisa.
In April of 1994 both Units were closed and moved into a new joint building.
14 members of the Mineral Unit chose to start a new rescue squad to remain within the Mineral town limits and Mineral Rescue Squad, Incorporated was chartered on July 8, 1994.
Mineral Rescue Squad began with a $35.00 donation for filing fees so that the organization could charter. Mr. W. W. Whitlock, an attorney and one of the founders and Charter Member of the original Mineral Unit of LCRS, did all the legal work at no charge and soon rescue squads in surrounding areas and counties started to donate equipment and supplies. Louisa County Rescue Squad, Holly Grove Volunteer Rescue Squad, and Trevilians Fire Department all donated items to help us go in service, and Mineral Fire Department welcomed the new squad back into the quarters that had been occupied by the former Mineral Unit. Fluvanna County donated a 1985 Type II ambulance which was hand painted by an area artist to reflect the ambulance as Mineral Unit 153.
Unit 153 was scheduled to go in service
on April 1, 1995, but on March 29th we
answered our first call for help. Ms. Barbara
Coleman collapsed at the home of two of
our Charter Members and had to be
resuscitated. Winston Evatt called his father
who had the truck at his home and within
minutes, Unit 153 was on it's way to the
University of Virginia Medical Center. Ms.
Coleman spent 5 days in the CCU and was
then placed on the heart transplant list. Ms. Coleman received the call to report to UVa for her transplant on December 9, 1995, and again Mineral answered her call for help. Ms. Coleman did well after her transplant and began to provide daycare at no charge for our on-duty members with small children so that Mineral Rescue Squad could answer calls for others in need just as her calls had been answered.
Sadly, Ms. Coleman passed away in her
sleep at the age of 58, on October 20, 2000
after suffering a massive stroke.
We have a tremendous amount of faith and
pride in our community and will continue to
serve the residents of Louisa County with the
same dedication and devotion that helped
form and build this squad in the beginning.
As the world is gaining a new appreciation for the value of EMS and the men and women who have chosen to make it a part of their lives, we have known our value all along.
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