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Hoboken NJ, the New Jersey EMS Task Force, working closely with the Hudson County Office of Emergency Management’s EMS Coordinator, State and Hospital officials, successfully coordinated a planned evacuation of Hoboken University Medical Center on Tuesday night because the facility was experiencing water issues stemming from a water main break in the city.
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Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey non-profit 5Help.org, which was created by teenagers Drew and Heather Paglia to help others by raising funds $5 at a time, has partnered with the New Jersey EMS Task Force to increase donations to the statewide organization on the front line in the battle against COVID-19.
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Paramus NJ, The New Jersey EMS Task Force, a statewide organization designed to respond to large-scale man-made and natural disasters, has been awarded a generous grant from the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation. The $25,000 grant will go directly to providing personal protective equipment to the NJ EMS Task Force members on the frontlines of the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The men and women of the NJ EMS Task Force have been integral in the fight against COVID-19,” said Michael Bascom, President of the Non-Profit Board of Directors. “This grant from the Hirair and Anna Hovnanian Foundation will provide us with funds to assure our members have the right PPE they need now, and well into the future.”
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East Rutherford NJ, John Grembowiec, Advisory Board Chairman of the New Jersey EMS Task Force, and Dr. Terry Clancy, acting director of the New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, and Mike Bascom, Team Leader of the NJ EMS Task Force, Monday welcomed a new deployment of out-of-state EMS teams to New Jersey. Units as far away as Los Angeles and Palm Springs California were on location.
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Members of the New Jersey EMS Task Force were throughout the state Saturday to support local, state and national partners in the fight against COVID-19.
New Jersey EMS Task Force teams served in logistics positions Saturday at MetLife Stadium where the second wave of a FEMA deployment of 100 additional ambulances and 450 EMTs and Paramedics began arriving. New Jersey EMS Task Force members spent the day working side-by-side with members of the NJ Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services, FEMA, American Medical Response and the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority.
