​The Middlesex County Office of Emergency Management requested help from the NJ EMS Task Force to work alongside local EMS, fire, law enforcement, and emergency management officials to safely move 149 patients to 13 facilities across the state. Twelve counties participated in the response, demonstrating a robust mutual aid system in action.

Using the statewide nursing home evacuation plan created and honed by the NJ EMS Task Force, leadership activated its Incident Advance Team, Medical Operations, Staging, Logistics and Planning modules, as well as the Task Force Operations Center was activated to manage and track resource requests, maintain situational awareness, and ensure communication with the New Jersey Department of Health and other key agencies. The organization also dispatched 11 Medical Ambulance Buses, 14 BLS ambulances, one SCTU, one MAV, a van, and 39 NJEMSTF team members to the scene.

Team members worked with local providers throughout the night to safely transport patients.
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This response underscores the vital role of the NJEMSTF in supporting healthcare facility evacuations and complex EMS operations. Leveraging statewide coordination, specialized resources, and a proven evacuation framework, the Task Force remains committed to protecting New Jersey’s most vulnerable populations during critical incidents.

Members of the New Jersey EMS Task Force supported the Ocean County EMS Coordinators and the New Jersey Forest Fire Service earlier this week, working to fight the Jones Road wildfire in Ocean County.

The NJEMSTF was activated shortly after the fire began and partnered with the Ocean County EMS Coordinators with Incident Advance Team members, staging, planning and leadership help.

The NJEMSTF also dispatched specialty response vehicles from host agencies into the region to support the EMS branch of the attack.
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NJEMSTF leadership was on hand through late Wednesday evening.

In addition to the NJEMSTF, participating agencies included: 
AtlantiCare EMS (Atlantic)*
Barnegat First Aid Squad
Bayville EMS
Beechwood Emergency Medical Services
Brick Township EMS/Rescue*
Colts Neck FAS (Monmouth)
Evesham EMS (Burlington) 
Exceptional Medical Transport (Atlantic)
Freehold EMS (Monmouth) 
Galloway EMS (Atlantic)*
Great Bay Regional EMS
Howell First Aid (Monmouth) 
Jackson Township EMS*
Lakewood First Aid*
Lanoka Harbor EMS*
Little Silver EMS (Monmouth)
Manchester Division of Emergency Services *
Monmouth County Sheriff/EMS*
Pleasant Plains First Aid
Point Boro EMS
Point Pleasant First Aid & Rescue Squad
Robert Wood Johnson Mobile Health Services*
Shark River Hills/Neptune EMS (Monmouth)*
South Branch Emergency Services (Hunterdon) *
South Toms River EMS
Stafford Township EMS
Tri-Care Medical Transportation (Atlantic)
Toms River First Aid Squad
Toms River Police EMS
Virtua EMS (Burlington) *
Waretown First Aid Squad

* NJEMSTF Host/Sponsoring Agency

The NJEMSTF deployed four Medical Ambulance Buses, support staff, and planners to the facility shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday, January 25, 2025. The Montgomeryville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center was forced to evacuate after a water main broke, flooding the facility.

The Montgomery County EMS coordinator requested help from the NJEMSTF.
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The facility needed to move 144 patients to regional skilled nursing and hospital locations, so it requested the NJ EMS Task Force’s fleet of Medical Ambulance Buses, which can transport and care for multiple patients in wheelchairs simultaneously. NJ EMS Task Force MABs stationed in Keyport, AtlantiCare, North Brunswick, and Ewing responded to the incident. Additional units in the NJEMSTF MAB response were available if needed. The NJ EMS Task Force Medical Ambulance Buses transported 29 people to five facilities.