The EMT Refresher course, which had been cancelled, has been rescheduled. Details here
After 17 years as President, Dan Boone decided to turn over the reins as did Vice President Gorczycki after a similar, long period of service. Our thanks for all their years of dedicated volunteering.
Front Row (left to right): Kirk Schmitt (Captain), June Guerard (Recording Secretary), Linda Hlavacek (Corresponding Secretary), Naomi McCarty (Treasurer)
Back Row (left to right): Jack Ferrara (Second Assistant Captain), Douglas Kabay (Vice President), Joel Orland (President), Dan Walker (Trustee), Neal Blackwell (Trustee), Jon Guerard (Trustee), John Muccioli (First Assistant Captain)
We are pleased to announce that the Pennington First Aid Squad has been chosen as the Outstanding Volunteer EMS Agency for the state of NJ. The Squad was chosen for its professionalism, call volume, and its dedication to volunteerism and EMS education. The award was presented at the 2011 Awards Dinner in Atlantic City as part of the 2011 New Jersey Statewide Conference on EMS. The award was accepted by Captain Kirk Schmitt.
We were also pleased that EMT Brendan Clune received the Outstanding Action by a Youth award for his actions to save the life of a swimmer who suffered a collapsed lung as the result of a deep dive. EMT Clune remained calm, assessed the patient, administered oxygen, and kept the apneic patient breathing for over 20 minutes until an ambulance arrived. EMT Clune expressed gratitude for the excellent training he received as an EMT in the classroom and in the field with the PFAS.
Although we did not win, were pleased to have been nominated for a significant number of other awards at the dinner including EMS Volunteer Lifetime Achievement Award for Corresponding Secretary Linda Hlavacek and Captain Kirk Schmitt and Outstanding EMS Educator for EMT Juliana Aberger and EMT Gavin Nelson. We are pleased with our long standing association with our medical director Dr. Stephen Vetrano who was nominated for Outstanding EMS Physician, an award he won in 2008.
Kirk Schmitt, Captain PFAS, and Brendan Clune with awards for Outstanding Volunteer EMS Agency and Outstanding Action by a Youth