North Hunterdon High School held their annual Community Services Fair today, delayed slightly be the weather causing an delayed opening of the school.   CFARS members EMT Connor Duda, a Senior at NHHS, EMT/FF Wes Hockin also a Senior, and EMT/FF Greg Schwartz, a 2018 Graduate of the school, represented the Clinton EMS & Rescue volunteers, talking with students about opportunities to give back to the community through our organization.    

A lot of good contacts where made with underclassmen, and we look forward to seeing some of them in the future as part of our Cadet program.   That program allows students ages 16 & 17 to volunteer with our organization, learning and responding along side our Team Members and Leaders to 9-1-1 medical emergencies across the schools sending districts.  Our team members joined 19 other community groups including several of our local fire departments at the fair.  

For more information on how you can get involved, please visit our ABOUT US page, and view the different membership opportunities. 

Earlier this evening our Rescue Services unit was requested to assist mutual aid at a Tractor Trailer vs Tractor Trailer accident on Route 78 West at exit 11 in Union Township, Hunterdon County.   A BLS from Pattenburg Rescue Squad and Squad 25 from Pattenburg Fire were on scene with one driver injured, unable to get out of the vehicle. 

Just around 4pm Heavy Rescue 455 was requested by command to assist with the driver of the tractor trailer who was entrapped by the dashboard pinning the drivers legs in the remaining portion of the cab. 

Heavy Rescue 455 went responding almost immediately upon dispatch with 6 volunteer rescue members, followed moments later with another 5 rescue personnel on Rescue 455.  The 11 CFARS members worked seamlessly with the requesting agencies to complete a complex extrication of this driver.    An additional 3 rescue volunteers stood by the building to cover additional calls.  

Once the driver was disentangled from his rig, he was turned over to the BLS unit and Paramedics from Hunterdon Medical Center​ for treatment and was further transferred to the flight team of NorthSTAR Air Medical Helicopter​ for transport to a trauma center. 

The seamless operation between mutual aide departments is a testament to the regional mutual aide system built over the years.  Our teams worked in tandem to get this mission accomplished in a timely and safe manner.   We wish a speedy recovery to all involved.  

If you would like more information on how to join or Rescue or EMS team please visit www.ClintonEMS.org for volunteer opportunities.

Photos from: Pattenburg Fire Company

The CFARS Training Center helped train 6 new CPR instructors today here are our station.   These new instructors completed an online instructor program, followed by an 8 hour hands on program as part of earning their American Heart Association's BLS Instructor certification.  Those completing learned the ins and outs of equipment, training techniques, proper flow of a course, paperwork and certification processing.   They now move onto teaching 2 classes under the direction of on of the CFARS AHA/LSIS Faculty members.

If you are interested in taking a CPR class yourself, check out our website for monthly scheduled class under the Training tab.   If you have an organization or business that would like to have a CPR class run at your facility, please call 908-735-4012 x128 for our Training Officer, or use our CONTACT US page. 

​10 members from the CFARS Water Rescue Team assembled for an indoor training session. Skills covered included equipment review, identifying hazards, victim approach, rescue techniques, hand and whistle signals, pattern searches, and tethered rescue. We would like to send a special shout out and thank you to the Hunterdon Health and Wellness Center in Clinton for the use of their indoor pool for this drill, as well as more to come during our winter training sessions!

Would you be interested in joining our team of Rescuers?  Please visit https://www.clintonems.org/membership-info.html for more information on volunteer opportunites