NJ’s emergency medical services task force in funding crisis

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​Pending a long-term solution, lawmakers and task force ask for short-term funding

Lilo H. Stainton, Health Care Writer | June 24, 2025 | Health Care, Budget

A command staff meeting of the New Jersey EMS Task Force as part of a full-scale exercise, led by Debra Bell, EMS Task Force leader (center). The three-day exercise was designed to test the ability of the task force, along with Stockton University, Atlantic County OEM, and AtlantiCare, to respond to a simulated bleacher collapse during a concert performance.

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After two decades of responding to emergencies big and small across the state, New Jersey’s EMS Task Force — the first organization of its kind nationwide, according to founders — now faces a crisis of its own: dwindling funding.

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