The Silver Spring Ambulance and Rescue Association, Inc. is managed by volunteers, and is a community service organization. Our EMS professionals respond 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Many personnel hours are spent in training and doing support tasks such as clerical work, building and other services.
We are always in need of interested people to volunteer for this rewarding activity. If you are interested in helping us to continue serving the community, please volunteer.
As in the past, we need your continued support of the Silver Spring Ambulance and Rescue Association in order to maintain our high level of emergency medical care.
Current Opportunities
As a full time employee with us, we will offer you a wide variety of benefits, such as:
- Competitive pay
- Medical Benefits
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Retirement Package
- Uniform Allowance
- Education Benefits
Part-time employees will enjoy benefits such as:
- Competitive pay with weekend & holiday differential
- Flexible Scheduling
- In-house training
- Uniform Allowance
Volunteering is a rewarding experience with our organization. Enjoy benefits of membership such as:
- meal reimbursement while on-duty
- free training courses & conferences
- uniform allowance
- and much more!
We rely heavily upon dedicated volunteers to achieve our mission.
What does it mean to volunteer? People choose to volunteer for a variety of reasons. For some, it provides an opportunity to give back to the community or make a difference in the lives of others. For others, volunteering provides an opportunity to develop new skills, pursue their individual passions, or build upon existing experience and knowledge. Being a volunteer is a way to define yourself.
There are a variety for non-medical roles you can contribute to SSARA. Please reach out to us today.
- The Pennsylvania Child Protective Services Law (CPSL) requires employees (including volunteers) who may interact with children to obtain three different clearances, collectively knowns as the Child Protection Clearances. All clearances must be dated within the past 60 months.
- Pennsylvania Access to Criminal History (PATCH) through the Pennsylvania State Police. Clearances must be run for the purpose of employment, unless applicant is a volunteer.
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse History Certification (CY113). This will determine if the applicant has been named in a statewide database as an alleged perpetrator.
- Federal Criminal History (FBI) – The checks federal criminal history based on a full set of fingerprints and photograph. Digital fingerprints are obtained and processed through a current FBI contractor (MorphoTrust/IdentoGo)
- Service Code 1KG756
- Federal Criminal History (FBI) – The checks federal criminal history based on a full set of fingerprints and photograph. Digital fingerprints are obtained and processed through a current FBI contractor (MorphoTrust/IdentoGo)
*Any costs incurred to volunteer applications will be reimbursed upon acceptance into membership.
Benefits
All of our providers enjoy benefits such as:
- Uniform Allowance
- Monthly Continuing Education Program
- Tuition Discount & Scholarship Eligibility
- EMT Tuition Reimbursement
- External Continuing Education Reimbursement
- On-Duty Meal Reimbursement (volunteer only)
- Volunteer Appreciation Fund Incentives (volunteer only)