The Pennington First Aid Squad and the PFAS Training Center offer Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) at levels ranging from the continuing education unit (CEU) to a full course to become a Nationally Certified EMT-B.
Details of the annual Emergency Medical Technician-Basic class are available here
Details of the 24 hour Core refresher class are available here
Members may obtain recertification CEUs for free and on line at the 24-7EMSNOW web site. When you login to this site for the first time, start with the START HERE button. You will be led through the steps needed to get payment for the course from the NJ training fund. Free, online CEUs are also available from the Gold Cross.
There are many on-line and instructor led courses available at the NJ OEMS certification site. You may register for courses or get a transcript of your completed courses and CEUs at this site. Before you can do any of this, you must register with the State. These instructions may help you register.
If you intend to take a course at the PFAS building, you must register in advance for the course at the NJ OEMS certification site. The process to register is somewhat obscure. After login in you must somehow find the course you want. A good way to start is with the Course Catalog tab. Once you find a listing that looks likely, click on it and you will be presented with a screen with details. For reasons known only to the programmer, you cannot register on this screen, instead you must click on the "Preview My Schedule" button. That will present you with another screen with a list of classes you have already taken or signed up for. The class you want will probably appear near the bottom of the list and you will see an option to "Register." Click on that and the screen will update with a "Class Registered" notice near the top. You should receive an email confirming your registration.
Upcoming drills for members and visitors from local squads. Drills start at 18:30.
The following courses are planned. Note that some are tentative. You might want to read the American Heart Association's guidelines on CPR before the CPR course. You must register on line at least 4 days before the CPR course.
The PFAS requires each riding member to renew each required skill annually in a program called "Pennington Annual Skills Session" (PASS). Acquiring and maintaining skills and EMT certification in NJ is governed by a complex set of regulations. PASS is used by PFAS to review and improve EMT skills on a more frequent basis than required by the NJ First Aid council or Federal Department of Transportation guidelines. Streamlined NJ skill sheets to be used for reviewing these skills prior to taking PASS are available here.