From Zero to $1.5 Million, Hatzalah of South Florida Invests in Saving Lives
by JewishMiami.info
More than thirteen years ago, Hatzalah South Florida, then known as Hatzalah of Miami-Dade, was a small start-up organization providing Basic Life Support and medical assistance alongside local fire departments in select Jewish neighborhoods surrounding Miami. Hatzalah was just getting off the ground and no one would be able to guess the transformation the next decade would bring.
But with the Jewish population across the South Florida region exploding, so too came the demand for Hatzalah to bring its life saving services into the neighboring counties and Hatzalah Miami-Dade became Hatzalah South Florida. And the incredible growth continued.
On April 26th, 2021, the Florida Senate unanimously passed bill CS/HB 1084, which allows certain volunteer faith-based first responder agencies to obtain licensure as an ambulance transport provider, and on June 14th, 2021 Governor Ron DeSantis signed it into law. With the legal barriers removed, Hatzalah South Florida saw a boom that would bring the world’s largest volunteer Emergency Medical Service to 13 Jewish communities in one of the most heavily populated Jewish areas of the United States, from Miami Beach up to Boca Raton.
With a surge in highly trained and Florida licensed EMTs, Paramedics, and Doctors, Hatzalah South Florida made it it’s mission to equip its volunteers with the gold standard in medical equipment. From Ambulances and AEDs, to radios and training, HSF reached out to local donors looking to invest in their communities.
Bent on bringing the highest level of care possible, HSF has made its most recent investment to date, its largest one yet, with an order of 40 Lifepack 15 state-of-the-art cardiac monitors. These monitors, carried by each Hatzalah Paramedic, are capable of diagnosing and treating a wide variety of life-threatening heart conditions and comes at the steep cost of $1.5 Million dollars.
“Hatzalah’s commitment to the community’s health and well-being is unquestioned,” the leadership of Hatzalah South Florida said. “HSF thanks those visionary donors who have already stepped forward and is looking for additional partners to help fund this ambitious and necessary expenditure.”
Twenty-five of the forty monitors on order arrived at the Hatzalah’s South Florida headquarters just in time for Pesach, and thanks to the herculin efforts of the volunteers, are already in service saving lives.
To partner with HSF in its life-saving mission
or to donate a piece of life-saving equipment, please email info@hsfems.org for dedication opportunities.
