Statewide CERT Workshop includes NJEMSTF Assets

The New Jersey EMS Task Force participated in today’s FEMA Region 2/New Jersey State Police OEM CERT workshop at the Somerset County emergency services training center in Hillsboro.

Fifteen team members participated in the event, which was attended by more than 120 CERT team members across the state. During the day-long workshop, attendees took part in hands-on exercises, workshops, and a functional exercise.

The scenario for the drill was a simulated explosion in multiple buildings. Teams of four and five CERT members were dispatched to search for and extract victims to a triage area. There, they were met by NJ EMS Task Force volunteers, who walked them through the triage, treatment, and transport process. The patients were loaded onto a medical ambulance bus.

By participating in the workshop, the NJ EMS Task Force members were able to share insight into what the organization can provide to local communities during a mass casualty incident with the CERT members and participating agencies.
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Units participating today from NJEMSTF agencies included:
Mercer County staging trailer hosted by Capital Health
Morris County mass casualty response unit hosted by Morris County OEM
Middlesex County medical ambulance bus hosted by Rutgers ES
Support van two hosted by West New York EMS
Special operations unit central hosted by Neptune EMS
Support unit vehicle hosted by South Branch Emergency Services.