Huntington Community First Aid Squad

What Huntington Community First Aid Squad does

Huntington Community First Aid Squad (HCFAS) is a non-profit volunteer emergency medical services organization founded in 1967 and headquartered in Huntington Station, New York. It provides 24/7/365 Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) ambulance response exclusively within the Huntington Community Ambulance District under a service contract with the Town of Huntington that has been in continuous effect since 1971. HCFAS coordinates 911 dispatch through the Suffolk County Police Department and handled 6,536 calls in 2024, delivered by a combination of approximately 54 paid staff (primarily paramedics) and more than 250 volunteer EMTs and responders. The organization also operates a youth Explorer Post 215 program, in-house CPR/EMT training, and community health initiatives including Narcan distribution (since 2012), AED placement (since 2001), epinephrine auto-injector training (since 2016), and carbon monoxide monitoring services.

The organization's core technical capability is operational rather than product-based: ALS and BLS protocols, ambulance fleet maintenance, dispatch coordination, and trained medical personnel capable of running both paid and volunteer shifts around the clock. It maintains a headquarters facility on East Rogues Path currently undergoing renovation funded by a $150,000 state grant. Beyond transport, HCFAS has expanded into adjacent emergency response services such as carbon monoxide monitoring, positioning it as a broader community safety provider rather than a pure ambulance operator.

HCFAS's revenue model is that of a public-purpose non-profit: it is funded primarily through donations, special district government funding, and grants, while patient ambulance fees are remitted to the ambulance district rather than retained by the squad. The organization does not disclose financial statements, but capital inflows include the October 2024 $150,000 grant from Senator Mario Mattera's office. It has also entered into institutional partnerships, including co-sponsorship of the June 2025 EMS Memorial Motorcycle Ride with the FDNY EMS Help Fund, and conducts ongoing board-led governance refreshes, most recently in June 2026.

Name

Huntington Community First Aid Squad

Legal name

Huntington Community First Aid Squad

Website

https://hcfas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1967

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Medical Services

NAICS

Ambulance Services (62191)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Home Health Aide (HHA) Services (Medically Directed) (HSABACAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cardiac & Pulmonary Clinical Home Health (e.g., CHF/COPD) (HSABACAI)

Keywords

• Emergency medical services
• Ambulance services
• Advanced life support
• Basic life support
• Volunteer EMS

Headquarters

HQ city

Huntington Station

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Voluntary contributions from community members and organizations to support vehicles, equipment, and member training. HCFAS is a non-profit volunteer agency.
2. Government/Special District Funding: The Town of Huntington implemented a fee for ambulance services for calls within the district. All billings are distributed to the Huntington Community Ambulance District, not to HCFAS or its members. HCFAS received a $150,000 grant from Senator Mattera for HQ renovations and carbon monoxide monitoring services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HCFAS provides 24/7/365 Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support ambulance response and emergency medical services to residents of the Huntington Community Ambulance District, staffed by volunteer EMTs, paid paramedics, and trained dispatchers. The organization also operates a 24/7 dispatch center coordinating with County 911, hospitals, police, and fire departments, and offers community training (EMT certification, CPR), youth programming (Explorer Post 215), blood drives, and carbon monoxide monitoring services.

Product overview

Huntington Community First Aid Squad provides a unified emergency medical services offering centered on 24/7/365 Advanced Life Support ambulance response and Basic Life Support services to the Huntington Community Ambulance District. The organization operates as a single integrated service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Core services include BLS and ALS emergency response staffed by volunteer EMTs and paid paramedics, complemented by dispatch operations, CPR and EMT training programs, Explorer Post 215 youth training, blood drives, and carbon monoxide monitoring services. The portfolio represents a cohesive EMS delivery system where dispatch, ambulance crews (drivers, crewleaders, first-aiders), and training programs work together to provide comprehensive emergency medical care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Explorer Post 215: Youth program for ages 14-19 under the Learning for Life Program of the Boy Scouts of America, providing community service and EMS training opportunities for young people.

Quantifiable outcome

• 6,536 emergency calls responded to in 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• FDNY EMS Help FundminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 7 June 2025HCFAS co-sponsored the 1st Annual EMS Memorial Motorcycle Ride to honor fallen EMT Yadira Arroyo (FDNY EMS) and Capt. Allison Russo (FDNY/HCFAS EMS). All proceeds from the event go to the FDNY EMS Help Fund. Event was sponsored by Punishers MC and started at FDNY EMS Academy ending at HCFAS HQ.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Falck USA: International EMS and ambulance services company with significant U.S. operations. Provides comparable ALS/BLS emergency medical response at scale, representing an established competitor to community-based volunteer EMS.
• American Medical Response (AMR): Largest private ambulance and EMS provider in the U.S., offering ALS/BLS transport across hundreds of municipalities. Broad incumbent competitor to volunteer squads like HCFAS in markets where municipal contracts are privatized.
• Northwell Health: Largest health system in New York, operating hospital-based ambulance and EMS services. Provides integrated ALS response across Long Island, overlapping with HCFAS's service area and representing a hospital-affiliated competitor for municipal EMS contracts.

Direct peers

• East Northport Fire Department: Volunteer fire/EMS department covering East Northport in Suffolk County. Provides combined fire and EMS response similar to HCFAS's integrated emergency services model in the same regional market.
• Commack Volunteer Ambulance Corps: Volunteer ambulance service operating in Commack, Suffolk County, NY. Directly comparable to HCFAS in mission, volunteer-based ALS/BLS model, geographic setting (Long Island), and reliance on community donations and municipal contracts.
• Smithtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps: Volunteer ambulance squad serving Smithtown, Suffolk County. Closely comparable to HCFAS in operating model, service area demographics, training pipeline, and exclusive municipal service relationships on Long Island.
• Huntington Manor Fire Department: Volunteer fire department in Huntington Station that historically shares sub-station facilities with HCFAS. Closely comparable in geography, mission, and volunteer EMS operating model.
• Syosset Fire Department: Volunteer fire department with EMS/ambulance service in Nassau County, Long Island. Comparable volunteer-driven ALS/BLS model in an adjacent Long Island county with similar suburban population profile.

Regional players

• Empress EMS: Private ambulance and EMS provider serving the New York City metropolitan area, including parts of Long Island. Comparable ALS/BLS emergency response services but operates as a paid, for-profit organization in the same regional market as HCFAS.

Others

• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT): National professional association representing EMTs, paramedics, and EMS agencies. Provides industry advocacy, training standards, and certification frameworks that directly shape the operating environment of volunteer EMS organizations like HCFAS.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/hcfirstaidsquad
• Instagraminstagram.com/huntingtoncommunityfas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/huntington-community-first-aid

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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