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New Jersey EMS Task Force members worked throughout the night and into early Saturday morning to assist local resources to evacuate the Montgomeryville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania.  2 of 4 Medical Ambulances Busses deployed overnight into Montgomery County PA to assist with a full facility evacuation. 1/26/2025 by NJEMSTF 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. 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.
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