About the Cannon County Rescue Squad, Inc.

Mission Statement
Early Organization History
Recent Organization History
Response Area
Future of the Organization

Recent Organization History

In 1996, the Rescue Squad headquarters was moved to the city of Woodbury. We have been housed in the former EMS station at the fairgrounds ever since. Being centrally located in the middle of the county has decreased our response times to most of the entire county.

For the past twenty years the Cannon County Rescue Squad, Inc. has sustained a volunteer membership base of at least twenty members. These men and women live throughout the county. Each member is notified of an emergency by the 911 dispatch center. Some members respond to emergency scenes in their personal vehicles, while others are responding with the Extrication (Crash) Truck.

The Squad owns one primary response vehicle, one support vehicle and various other life- saving equipment. Our primary response vehicle carries two set of the “Jaws-of-Life”, two set of cutters, two sets of rams, two sets of combination cutter spreader tools, multiple air lifting bags, and various other tools. Over the past 10 years the Squad has slowly purchased two sets of every rescue tool with hopes of one day adding another primary response vehicle to the fleet.