Jaffrey and Rindge, New Hampshire
Neighbors caring for neighbors since 1948
Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance is the nonprofit 911 ambulance service for Jaffrey and Rindge, New Hampshire, and has been since 1948. Our paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians (AEMTs), and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) respond day and night from the station at 119 Main Street in Jaffrey, and back up neighboring towns through mutual aid. We are proud to serve the community that built this service.
Source: JRMA run report, August 2026.
A small service with a long memory
Founded as a living memorial to the area's veterans, the ambulance has been run by neighbors for neighbors for more than 75 years. Today it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a paid, licensed crew.
Our mission
Our mission is to provide compassionate, high quality emergency medical care and safe transportation to the residents and visitors of Jaffrey, Rindge, and the surrounding communities. Guided by integrity, skill, and a spirit of service, we respond swiftly and treat every person with respect and compassion, ensuring life saving care is available to all, regardless of circumstance or ability to pay.
We are ready 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in every season. Through New Hampshire winters, ice storms, and nights when the roads are at their worst, a licensed crew and a fully equipped ambulance stand ready to answer the call. We hold ourselves to the standard our patients deserve: current training, careful clinical care, respect for every person we treat, and the discipline to do the job the same way at 03:00 as at noon. We honor the veterans who started this service by serving our towns with the same dedication.
911 response
Advanced and basic life support for medical emergencies and injuries anywhere in Jaffrey and Rindge, plus mutual aid to neighboring towns through the regional mutual aid system.
Critical transport
Transport to the nearest appropriate hospital or to regional trauma, stroke, and cardiac centers, and landing-zone coordination when a patient needs a medical helicopter.
Training
Classes for the community and for new members are being planned.
Stay tuned!
Partners on every call
We work alongside the fire and police departments of both towns and the regional dispatch center.
The service today
- Station
- 119 Main St, Jaffrey
- 16A1
- 2017 Ford E-450, PL Custom
- 16A2
- 2024 Ford E-450, Demers
- Members
- 30: 3 paramedics, 9 AEMTs, 18 EMTs
- Dispatch
- Southwestern NH District Fire Mutual Aid
- Status
- Nonprofit 501(c)(3)
16A2 and 16A1 in front of the station. Roster counts from the posted roster, September 2026.
Leadership
How the service runs
Chief of Service
Captain
Lieutenants
Crews
In memory of those who served
Two towns, one memorial, and the people who kept it running.
1948
Thank you, VFW Post 5613
In 1948 the members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5613 raised the money for Jaffrey's first ambulance and dedicated it as a living memorial to those who served. Thank you to the Post for starting this service.
- 1773
Jaffrey is incorporated as a town. Its Meetinghouse, raised in 1775, still stands, and our crews stand by there at town events.
- 1945
In Rindge, the Cathedral of the Pines opens as a memorial to a son lost in World War II. It becomes a national memorial to Americans who died in service.
- 1948
VFW Post 5613 founds the Jaffrey VFW Memorial Ambulance. All-volunteer crews answer calls in Jaffrey and Rindge.
- 1993
The Internal Revenue Service recognizes Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance, Inc. as a 501(c)(3) charity.
- 2004 to 2005
More runs and stricter training rules end the volunteer era. Paid per-diem and on-call crews take over.
Events and the numbers
What the ambulance does in town when the tones are not dropping, and what the crews answered.
Upcoming events
Event standby
Road races, fairs, games, and festivals can request an ambulance and crew on site. Two weeks' notice, please.
Request a standbySupport the service
Gifts fund training, equipment, and the memorial the patch stands for. Give in memory of someone who served.
Out in town
By the numbers
Calls answered, September 2026
About 3.5 calls a day across both towns.
Source: JRMA September 2026 run report (NHESR).
Calls answered by month, 2026
906 calls from January 1 to September 30, 2026. Hover or tap a bar for the town split.
Show as a table
| Month | Jaffrey | Rindge | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 52 | 35 | 87 |
| Feb 2026 | 35 | 36 | 72 |
| Mar 2026 | 55 | 29 | 84 |
| Apr 2026 | 67 | 37 | 104 |
| May 2026 | 50 | 33 | 84 |
| Jun 2026 | 64 | 55 | 120 |
| Jul 2026 | 74 | 44 | 118 |
| Aug 2026 | 64 | 68 | 132 |
| Sep 2026 | 52 | 50 | 105 |
Run calls where every patient is a neighbor
A small service means real responsibility early: you will hold landing zones, run cardiac arrests, and know the streets. Per-diem openings at every license level.
EMT
Basic life support on 911 calls. New Hampshire EMT license, or National Registry certification with New Hampshire reciprocity. New EMTs welcome: we pair you with a preceptor for your first shifts.
Pay: hourly, by license level, commensurate with years of service.
Advanced EMT
IV access, airway adjuncts, and the AEMT medication list under New Hampshire protocols. You will often be the highest level of care on scene until intercept.
Pay: hourly, by license level, commensurate with years of service.
Paramedic
Advanced life support lead on a two-ambulance service. Long transports, rural medicine, and a crew that wants to learn from you.
Pay: hourly, by license level, commensurate with years of service.
What we offer
- Competitive pay, with compensation that recognizes your time, skills, and experience.
- Per-diem scheduling that fits around school, another job, and family.
- Rural 911 experience: real calls, long transports, and landing zones.
- Professional growth: develop your clinical skills and become more involved in the organization.
- Community-focused EMS, where every patient is a neighbor.
- A team committed to dependable, compassionate care.
How to apply
- Fill out the applicationYou need both a current New Hampshire EMS license (or National Registry certification) and a valid driver's license. The application takes about 10 minutes: upload your EMS license and a resume, and bring your driver's license to the interview.
- Interview
- OnboardBackground check, driving record, protocol test, and precepted shifts before you take a seat.
Opens the application form. Do not send patient information through the website.
Equal opportunity employer
Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance is an equal opportunity employer. We consider every applicant without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by federal or New Hampshire law. If you need an accommodation to apply or interview, tell us on the application or call the business line.
Reach the service
For an emergency, dial 911. Everything below is for business, billing, events, and records.
Station and office
- Emergency
- 911
- Business line
- (603) 532-6868
- jrmaadmin@jaffreyrindgeambulance.com
- Station
- 119 Main St, Jaffrey, NH 03452
- P.O. Box 107, Jaffrey, NH 03452
Billing
Ambulance bills are handled by our billing partner. Call them with insurance questions or to set up a payment plan.
- Billing partner
- EMAX Medical Billing, Peterborough, NH
- Phone
- (603) 924-7797 or (877) 924-7797
Records
To get a copy of a patient care report, contact our billing partner, EMAX Medical Billing (above). EMAX releases records when the request comes with a signed release. The website does not take medical details.
Send a message
Messages go to the office. Do not include medical details. For an emergency, dial 911.
What changes for Rindge on January 1, 2027
The Town of Rindge chose Peterborough Fire & Rescue as its ambulance provider from January 1, 2027. This is what that means for you and what does not change.
Always call 911
Nothing changes about how you get help. Dial 911 as you always have. From January 1, dispatch sends a Peterborough ambulance to Rindge, and our crews still respond when asked for mutual aid.
Bills and records for calls before 2027
A bill for a Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance transport in 2026 or earlier still comes from our billing partner, and a request for a patient care report from one of our calls also goes to our billing partner, with a signed release. Both are under Contact.
You are still welcome here
Community events and the station stay open to Rindge residents.
A note of thanks
Crews from this station have answered calls in Rindge for decades, first as volunteers and later as paid providers. To the residents, the fire and police departments, and the town officials who worked alongside us: thank you. We will see you on mutual aid calls and around the Monadnock region.
Your health information and your rights
This notice describes how medical information about you may be used and disclosed and how you can get access to this information. Please review it carefully.
Effective October 4, 2026. Based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services model notice for health care providers.
Your rights
- Get a copy of your records. Ask in writing for a paper or electronic copy of your patient care report. We answer within 30 days and may charge a reasonable, cost-based fee.
- Ask us to correct your records. Ask in writing if you think something is wrong or missing. We may say no, and we will tell you why in writing within 60 days.
- Ask for confidential communications. Ask us to contact you a certain way or at a different address. We will say yes to reasonable requests.
- Ask us to limit what we use or share. We are not required to agree, except that if you pay for a service in full yourself, you can ask us not to share it with your health insurer, and we will agree unless the law requires us to share it.
- Get a list of those we shared with. Ask for a list of the times we shared your information in the six years before your request, who we shared it with, and why. It leaves out treatment, payment, and our operations, and a few other disclosures. One list a year is free.
- Get a copy of this notice. Ask for a paper copy at any time, even if you agreed to get it electronically.
- Choose someone to act for you. A person with your medical power of attorney or your legal guardian can use these rights for you. We confirm their authority first.
- File a complaint. Contact our Privacy Officer (below), or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights, 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20201, 1-877-696-6775, www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints. We will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.
Your choices
- You can tell us whether to share information with family, close friends, or others involved in your care, or with disaster relief groups. If you cannot tell us, for example because you are unconscious, we may share information if we believe it is in your best interest, and to lessen a serious and imminent threat to health or safety.
- We never sell your information or use it for marketing without your written permission.
- We do not use your health information for fundraising.
How we use and share your information
- To treat you. We share information with the hospital, other EMS crews, and medical helicopter crews who care for you.
- To run our service. We review patient care reports for quality, training, and compliance.
- To bill for our services. Our billing company uses your information to bill your insurance, Medicare, or Medicaid, or you.
- For public health and safety. For example, reporting certain diseases, suspected abuse, neglect, or domestic violence, or preventing a serious threat to someone's health or safety.
- To comply with the law. Including when the Department of Health and Human Services asks to confirm we follow federal privacy law.
- For other government and legal requests. Workers' compensation claims, law enforcement purposes, health oversight agencies, medical examiners and funeral directors, organ donation organizations, special government functions such as military and national security, and in response to a court or administrative order or a subpoena, as the law allows.
- Substance use disorder records. If we receive records protected by federal rules for substance use disorder treatment programs (42 CFR Part 2), we will not use or share them, or testimony about them, in a civil, criminal, administrative, or legislative proceeding against you unless you give written consent or a court orders it after notice and a chance to be heard.
- Stricter state law. Where New Hampshire law gives some information more protection, we follow the stricter law.
- For any other use, we need your written permission, and you can take it back in writing at any time.
Our responsibilities and changes to this notice
- We are required by law to keep your health information private and secure, and to give you this notice.
- We will tell you promptly if a breach happens that may have compromised the privacy or security of your information.
- We follow the notice in effect now. We can change it, and the change applies to all information we have about you. The new notice will be on this website, at the station, and available on request.
- Privacy Officer
- Captain Joshua Hirsch
- Privacy Officer, Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance, P.O. Box 107, Jaffrey, NH 03452
- Phone
- (603) 532-6868
- Effective date
- 10/04/2026
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