MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The Maplewood Fire Department recently placed two new ambulances in service, which were blessed and dedicated on May 20 at a ceremony in front of Maplewood Fire Headquarters on Dunnell Road. The blessing was given by the fire department chaplain Father Jim Worth from St. Joseph’s Church in Maplewood. The dedication was […]
Mayor gives updates on transportation, redevelopment in annual address; honors community members
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Mayor Robert Parisi announced that the township will be getting a sixth jitney route this year in his State of the Township Address during the West Orange Chamber of Commerce’s annual breakfast at the Wilshire Grand Hotel on Feb. 8. Parisi revealed that West Orange will add a service line covering […]
BAYONNE, NJ — McCabe Ambulance personnel showed their prowess in their life-saving abilities by taking first place in a statewide emergency medical services competition. Certified Emergency Medical Technicians Amber Henderson, 23, and West Orange native Russell Cahn, 25, took top honors at the competition held at the New Jersey Statewide Conference on EMS in Atlantic […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. and New Jersey Attorney Gen. Christopher Porrino dedicated a statue to the search and rescue dogs who played a vital role in recovery efforts following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The statue, which now stands at the Essex County Eagle Rock Sept. 11 Memorial in […]
Maplewood contracts with SO Rescue Squad to be official backup for Maplewood Fire Department
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — At its Aug. 2 meeting, the Maplewood Township Committee voted to contract for emergency medical services with the South Orange Rescue Squad and to pursue leasing out the Maplewood First Aid Squad Headquarters, as the MFAS is now defunct. The Township Committee voted 4-0 — Committeeman Greg Lembrich was absent — to […]
NEWARK, NJ — The NJ Transit Police Department’s Office of Emergency Management, together with local partners, will conduct a training exercise on Saturday, May 21, at the Penn Station Light Rail Station beginning at 8 a.m. The drill, which will gauge responses to a simulated transportation incident, will take approximately four hours to complete. As a […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Following a “glitch,” Maplewood Township has clarified with dispatch who should be contacted when during an emergency. Going forward, should the Maplewood ambulance service be unavailable, REMCS, the Regional Emergency Medical Communications System, will contact MONOC as the first backup during times when the South Orange Rescue Squad is not working. This […]
Maplewood officials to sit down and look at emergency response protocols following March incident
MAPLEWOOD, NJ — A child steps off a school bus and has a seizure. The many parents at the bus stop call 9-1-1. Nearly 20 minutes pass until an ambulance arrives. In that time, onlookers, parents and children become more and more frantic. This is not a cautionary tale; this happened last month in Maplewood […]