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EMS Council of NJ Selects Summit Volunteer EMS "Squad Of The Year".
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Summit Volunteer EMS is Squad of the Year!
The Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad was selected as the EMS Squad of the Year by the EMS Council of New Jersey.  The annual award honors the Emergency Medical Services agency that best demonstrates its contribution to the development and growth of quality EMS care within their community and was presented to members of the Summit EMS unit during the NJ EMS Council annual symposium held in Parsippany last week.
 
The award was presented by Howard Meyer, president of the EMS Council. According to Mr. Meyer, 300 volunteer EMS agencies in the start were eligible for the award. “Summit is one of many fine volunteer EMS  squads in New Jersey that continue to provide high quality emergency response and care at no cost to the taxpayers” said Mr. Meyer.  
 
In her letter nominating the Summit squad for the award, Captain Kari Phair cited the Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad’s rich tradition in providing service to the community. “Our membership recognized the expanding role of our organization and planned for it by building a state of the art headquarters” said Phair. The project was a monumental task as the all-volunteer membership continued to staff their regular EMS duty shifts as well as their regular jobs while participating in the planning and fund raising.  Thanks to the generosity of the Summit community, the capital campaign raised five million dollars in private donations which was the sole source of funding the project.   Members  packed and relocated the entire organization to a temporary headquarters, managed the construction project, then seamlessly moved the organization to its new headquarters all while providing emergency medical services to the community and participating in stand-by events.  “We as an organization have remained true to the core mission our predecessors developed and have expanded upon their dedication to the community”, Phair continued. Today’s First Aid Squad is using new medical treatments and involved in community activities that the founding members could never have imaged. Captain Phair closed her nomination with, “We are a source of comfort to those in need of emergency medical services as well as their families.  We assist those who need to charge their cell phones and get warm during a storm. We are a unique diverse group of volunteers that come together for a common good. We are neighbors helping neighbors for over fifty years!”
 
“Of the many challenges we faced over the past 2 years the most important was to ensure there was no interruption of our vital services during the moves and time in temporary headquarters”, said John Staunton who served as Captain during most of that time.  “Thanks to the dedication of our volunteers, we met that challenge and even had 4 ambulances staffed simultaneously on several occasions. During 2014, we not only answered 2,000 emergency calls in Summit, but also provided mutual aid to surrounding communities over 150 times.”
 
This is not the first statewide award for the Summit First Aid Squad.  In 2000, the organization was selected as the “Volunteer EMS Agency of the Year” by the State Department of Health. 
 
The all-volunteer First Aid Squad is always looking for new members to join its ranks. All needed training, uniforms and equipment is provided. For information, please call 908-277-9479, or visit their web site at: www.summitems.org.

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