On Sunday, April 2, Heavy Rescue 365 as well as two ambulances were dispatched with the Lebanon Borough Fire Company (Station 18) to a motor vehicle accident involving a car versus a house. Chief 18 arrived and established command, as well as updated the incoming units that the home sustained moderate damage. The vehicle was driven away from the home, and thankfully the driver was uninjured. Crews worked together to quickly develop a plan to shore up the home where the damage occurred. Although there was no life threat inside the building, it was located in a busy community, with elevated foot traffic. Crews placed temporary struts up once the power was secured, and debris was moved out of the way so temporary shoring could be constructed. Crews worked together to construct a 2 post vertical shore at just about 8 feet tall. Our 10 members operated on the scene from South Branch for just about 2 hours. Are you interested in BUILDING a better relationship with your community? That SHORE does sound like a great idea! Visit us at 48 Old Highway 22 in Clinton, NJ or check us out on the web, www.sbes365.org.
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On Saturday, South Branch Emergency Services Rescue Company was requested into Warren County, Washington Borough, for a person stuck in a car wash. Heavy Rescue 365 Responded with 4 members after dispatch, while Rescue 365 responded with 5 members a few minutes later. Upon arrival, Washington units had already started measures to begin to free the individual's leg, and crews from the Rescue Company assisted in the operation. Power and air supply to the car wash was secured, and crews quickly worked to develop a plan to remove the remaining equipment that was trapping the individual's leg in the wheel track of an automatic car wash, The Crews from South Branch worked on the scene for approximately 15 minutes before freeing the trapped victim, and in total Units were back and available within 25 minutes. This past week three members from the Rescue Company and others from surrounding agencies were involved in an Emergency Boat Operations class, conducted by the Hunterdon County Emergency Services Training Academy. This training is conducted over a twenty-hour time frame in 3 days. Students practiced various in-water boat and rescue skills at Round Valley and Bull Island Recreation Area. Union Township - January 24, 2023 This afternoon at 2:08 pm, South Branch Emergency Services was alerted along with numerous other agencies to a serious accident with injury, entrapment and fire on Van Syckels Rd, Union Township. One of our BLS units was staged per policy at Van Syckels and Rt 31 when the call came in and was on scene within a minute. Initial reports were of a tree trunk carrying logs on its side, with the cab pinning the driver between the truck and the tree. SBES’ Heavy Rescue arrived on scene with Chief Setnicky as IC and Assistant Chief Buchanan as Operations. Contact was made to the patient who was heavily entrapped using ladders to the top side of the vehicle. Due to the nature of the incident, additional resources were called to the scene, including Superior Towing with a heavy duty rotator wrecker to assist, and the Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force. A primary plan, along with a second and third plan were worked to free the driver as additional resources arrived. Operations was transferred to County OEM Coordinator Fahey, who coordinated the 3 teams composed of the many responders on scene, all working the three plans until the driver was finally disentangled from the wreckage in just over 90 minutes from the time of the call. The patient was turned over to Pattenburg Rescue Squad and Hunterdon Medical Center’s MICU and transported with the flight crew from NorthStar Medevac to a landing zone where the patient was then flown to a trauma center in Pennsylvania for treatment. This was the second commercial truck accident in the last 2 weeks where many of the same volunteers and staff came together to help remove a patient from an accident involving a prolonged and technically challenging process. Due to the training available to our departments, and the regional teamwork shared between those assigned, the team had a successful outcome. SBES would like to thank all those involved for the great team work, establishing and working the plans to coordinate and successfully disengage this patient and get him to definitive care. We wish the patient a speedy recovery. High Bridge Fire Company Hampton Fire Department Pattenburg Rescue Squad Pattenburg Fire Department Hunterdon Medical Center MICU NorthStar Medevac New Jersey State Police - Perryville Barracks Superior Towing Glen Gardner Fire Company Bloomsbury Hose Company Hunterdon County Hazmat Hunterdon County OEM Hunterdon County Communications Center Hunterdon County Technical Rescue Task Force, comprised of Flemington-Raritan First Aid & Rescue Squad Whitehouse First Aid Squad Lambertville Fire Department District #1
Clinton, NJ...South Branch Emergency Services (SBES) will launch a paid EMT apprenticeship program in February and now seeks applicants for the inaugural class. “The new South Branch Emergency Services EMT Apprenticeship Program will allow us to train and hire more EMTs - something we must do to meet the growing demand for SBES services,” said SBES Chief Frank Setnicky. “The program will also have a tremendous impact on the lives of our apprentices,” Setnicky added. “Training won’t cost them anything – in fact, we will pay them to train. Then, those who successfully complete the program will be offered an EMT position and a raise.” Congratulations to volunteer EMT Kate Zelig, who graduated earlier today from Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Kate joined SBES in October 2020 and obtained her EMT last summer. She graduated with honors as part of the National Honor Society, Science Honor Society, and English Honor Society. She was President of the Latin Honor Society and Secretary of rho kappa, which is the HCRHS social studies Honor Society. EMT Zelig will be heading off to Tulane University where she is entering pre-med as a Neuroscience Major. As she prepares for college, she notes, "Thank you for the support and experience! Couldn't have done it without SBES!" Best of Luck Kate! Congratulations to Volunteer EMT Elizabeth Shalashova, who graduated today from North Hunterdon High School. Liz, who is from Clinton Township, joined the Squad in August 2020 and completed her EMT program with us. Following graduation Liz will be headed off to the US Air Force Academy in July, where she plans on being assigned to the Aerospace Medical Service. Best of luck in Basic Liz, and thank you for continuing your service! Congratulations to Cadet Volunteer Prerna Shankar of Clinton Township who graduated today from North Hunterdon High School. Following her graduation, Prerna will be headed off to Boston University's Kilachand Honors College where she will be majoring in Neurosciences. Prerna joined South Branch Emergency Services in March 2021 and has been volunteering since. We wish her best of luck in Boston! Congratulations to Cadet Volunteer Lily Melworm on her graduation for North Hunterdon High School today. Lily, from Clinton township, joined us as a Cadet in December 2020. In the fall Lily will be heading to University of Vermont to study Neuroscience. She received both a Presidential Scholarship from the University. Congratulations! Congratulations to Tanner Rogers a Cadet with South Branch Emergency Services, who graduated today from North Hunterdon High School with National Honors Society recognition. Tanner is a member of our Rescue Company as a Rescue Apprentice, joining us back in October 2020. After a quick summer break, Tanner is headed to Penn State University Main Campus. Congratulations!! |
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