Chester First Aid Squad

12/19/2025

Thank you to the residents of Chester for the overwhelming support you have shown the Chester First Aid Squad during recent events. Your messages, calls, social media comments and encouragement mean more to our volunteers than we can adequately express.

We understand there is much confusion following the Mayor’s letter concerning Atlantic Health System’s billing of residents. Questions regarding Atlantic Health System’s contract, operations, or billing practices are not within the Squad’s control and should be directed to the Office of the Mayor of Chester Township.

As always, we remain focused on our mission: serving our community with compassion, professionalism, and dedication. We will stay connected with the community and provide updates as things continue to develop.

12/19/2025

12/18/2025

Disappointed is an understatement…

Email from Township of Chester A letter from Mayor Tim Drag Dear Residents, Last night, the Township Council took an important step to ensuring the future of emergency medical services in Chester Town

12/08/2025

What’s better than 1 night of Santa? 2 nights of Santa!! We had a great time tonight bringing Santa to the Borough to see all the kids!

12/07/2025

Today starting at noon, come to CASH community room and support Eagle project. Receive Vial of life and blood pressure. The vial of life will help first responders with your medical history and medicines.

12/07/2025

It was a great night tonight at the township tree lighting. Santa was there to light the tree! It was great to see everyone there! Come see Santa at the Borough tree lighting tomorrow night!

12/04/2025

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12/03/2025

Stop into the CASH building on Sunday between 12 - 3 for your Vial of life registration kit. Coffee and donuts will be served. See flyer.

12/01/2025

Important Update from the Chester First Aid Squad:

After careful consideration and discussions with both the Borough and Township Councils, CFAS has formally notified local officials that we will continue operating as an all-volunteer, no-fee emergency medical service, the same model that has served Chester proudly for 80 years.

Billing residents for emergency care has never been part of our mission or values. Going forward, CFAS will no longer devote time and resources to explore a transition to a fee-based model. Our time and energy will be fully dedicated to what matters most: our core mission of delivering the highest level of pre-hospital care for our community.

We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of community support that reaffirms what we’ve always known: our model works, and Chester stands behind it.

We hope the residents of Chester will continue to stand behind us through their donations and support of our upcoming Annual Fund Drive and other fundraising efforts, which are vital to keeping our volunteer organization strong and ready to serve.

11/30/2025

It’s that time of year again! We’re proud to join our friends at the Mendham-Chester Food Pantry and the Mendham Township Police Department for our annual gift drive supporting children and young adults ages 1–18.

Great gift ideas for younger children include building blocks, LEGOs, and arts-and-crafts kits. For teens and young adults, pre-paid gift cards, books, Bluetooth speakers or earbuds, board games, hair-care products, watches or jewelry, electronic chargers, and other small gadgets are always appreciated.

Unwrapped gifts can be dropped off at our headquarters at 1 Parker Road, or at the Mendham Township Police Department, 3 Cherry Lane in the Brookside section of Mendham Township. Please drop off donations by December 5th.

Join us in making this another wonderful season of giving!

11/26/2025

We are pleased to announce the Chester First Aid Squad’s 2026 Officers. We’re grateful for our dedicated volunteers and look forward to another year of proudly serving the Chester community:

Deb Johnston, President
Michael Ferrone, Vice President
Alison Pigott, Recording Secretary
Karen Ferrone, Corresponding Secretary
Mary Robinson, Treasurer
Cassie Cline, Assistant Treasurer

Ginny Bordonaro, Chief
Cris Champi, Deputy Chief
Jason Dilley, Lieutenant
Garret Stenberg, Sergeant

Sam Rosenfeld, Quartermaster
Sophie Rosenfeld, PR/Communications
Kyle Morales, Chief Engineer

11/17/2025

We’re grateful to the Chester Borough Council for standing with us and supporting our mission. Thank you for helping to preserve the volunteer, no-fee model that has served our community for 80 years! Read more here:

CHESTER — If the Chester First Aid Squad (CFAS) was looking for support to keep its organization status quo, it needed look no further than the Borough Council.