Rutherford First Aid Ambulance Corps

In November we handled 106 calls. The calls were classified as medical with 68 calls and trauma with 24 calls including 13 motor vehicle accidents. We handled 5 calls classified as other and 0 as fire.

Ambulance BLS1 handled 83 calls and traveled 813 miles.
Ambulance BLS2 handled 6 calls and traveled 50 miles.
Ambulance BLS3 handled 17 calls and traveled 178 miles.

We had two ambulances in service at the same time on 8 occasions and all three ambulances in service at the same time on 0 occasions.

ALS was called 47 times. They treated 19 patients, released 7 patients, were canceled 17 times and were unavailable 4 times.

We visited 8 different hospitals. Hackensack led with 44 visits followed by St. Mary’s with 17 visits.

Our members spent 177.23 hours in the ambulances. We treated 72 residents and 31 non-residents. We responded to 7 mutual aid
calls in Lyndhurst, 1 in East Rutherford, 1 in Carlstadt and 1 in Hackensack.