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The Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad is a nonprofit organization that provides pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services and Rescue Services (vehicle extrication, water rescue, collapse, trench, rope and confined-space rescue) to the Town of Clinton, and portions of Clinton Township, Lebanon Borough, Franklin Township and Union Township. Our members run approximately 2,000 calls a year in the 48 square miles we cover.

We are always in need of volunteers. If you are interested in becoming part of our organization, follow the membership link to find out how.

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12/27/2011 : EMSRES : Rt 78 West MM 17.4 (Clinton Twp) The Squad, Clinton Twp. Fire and HMC MICU were dispatched for a serious MVA with entrapment. Chief 455 and BLS 4552 responded immediately and arrived on the scene in 2 minutes and confirmed the dispatch. The patient was extricated in 12 minutes and transported to a local trauma center with possible serious injuries. The Squad responded with BLS4552, BLS4553, BLS4554, HR455, SS455 with a total of 21 members. A dog was also found trapped, removed and taken to a local animal hospital.

01/09/2012 : PUB : Expansion of services (Lebanon) Borough of Lebanon, New Jersey – Stronger Partnership Announced The concept of Shared Services, a term garnering great attention on the national, statewide, county and local stages, has in fact been in use by the Clinton First Aid & Rescue Squad (CFARS) for many years. It is important to note that what sharing services should really strive for is an overall improvement in the level of service desired by citizens of a particular jurisdiction while maintaining high cost efficiency. In April of 2010, CFARS partnered with The Borough of Lebanon and the Lebanon Fire Company (LFC) to bolster the delivery of emergency medical service by stationing one of the CFARS ambulances at the LFC station. This unit had been located in the Borough of Lebanon, Monday through Friday, during daytime hours. This move gave both residents and visitors increased service coverage. This partnership worked exceedingly well and is now embarking on a new level of commitment. According to both LFC Chief Kevin Saharic and CFARS Chief Frank Setnicky, the natural progression in this partnership continues between the two emergency services providers with the memberships of both agencies in full support. On Monday, January 9, 2012, one of the CFARS ambulances will be permanently stationed at the LFC station. It will be staffed by CFARS career staff, Monday through Friday, 6:00am to 6:00pm. At all other times, volunteer members will have access to the unit to aid in quicker response times for incidents closer to Lebanon Borough. This will aid CFARS members living in the area and also when there are multiple unit requests for large scale incidents. According to CFARS Operations Chief Bucky Buchanan, “The expansion of this partnership will not only expand and improve upon the emergency medical coverage within this community, but also save wear and tear on the CFARS vehicles\". We\'d like to thank the strong partnership that has been formed with LFC for allowing us access to provide quicker and more efficient patient care to the residents of and visitors to Borough of Lebanon and the surrounding communities. Both department Chiefs are happy to share that this new partnership is being done at no additional cost to either agency or the Borough of Lebanon

12/11/2011 : DRILL : Big Rig Rescue Training (Clinton Twp) 15 of our staff completed the "Big Rig Rescue" program this weekend at the Hunterdon County Emergency Services Training Center (HCESTC). While it was a long and tiring weekend, it was filled with learning valuable skills that will help us in our response to incidents in our first due territory. The members participating included: Chief Setnicky Deputy Chief Stiff Ops Chief Buchanan Captain Petruzzellis Captain Miller Lt. Smith Engineer Higgins Joe Borowski Gene Saltz Kevin Ritz James Race Ryan Setnicky Mike Ambrose Russ Bogoley Scott Jarvis Also participating was Frank Emanuele, who was one of the station instructors. Congratulations to all, and thank you for your dedication to learning, and the community we serve. Some of the other agencies participating included our neighboors from Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Lebanon Boro Fire Company, Whitehouse Rescue, Branchburg Rescue Squad, Annandale Hose, Bloomsbury Rescue, Raritan Twp Fire, Morris Plains Fire, Superior Towing, ADR Towing & Somerset Hills Towing