James "Rocky" Robinson

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James “Rocky” Robinson was the founder and CEO of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BSVAC). Robinson started the Corps in 1988 in an effort to compensate for the perceived lackluster performance of the emergency medical services provided to his community in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Robinson received the ‘thousand points of light’ salute from President George HW Bush, “James Robinson, is one individual that was not afraid to take a chance and attempt to change the highest rated crime area of Brooklyn into the most positive yet phenomenal creations to start the new look that was made possible “only” after seeing the way minority (blacks) were being treated when having to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance to respond when EMS were notified. Thanks to what Bed-Stuy residents refer to as “The People’s EMS”, that critical ambulance response time is down to an average of four minutes.”

The first BSVAC headquarters was in an abandoned building that had been a crack house. Robinson says, “When we moved into that building”, there were no lights, no electricity, no hot-water, and the roof leaked.” What’s more amazing is the story behind Robinson staking his claim. “In spite of, we put in a telephone and police scanner; thereafter, we heard someone was hurt within two to three blocks and we strapped the oxygen tanks and trauma bags on our backs and responded quickly on foot.”

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