09/30/2025
Very quietly at 0500 this morning, GCEMS celebrated our 18th birthday. For an agency that some nay-sayers predicted would not last 90 days, we collectively have achieved some significant milestones in our relatively short life together as a prehospital agency:
To date, we have made over 433,000 responses to calls for EMS assistance.
We currently make almost 42,000 responses per year.
Our current staff includes some of the best prehospital clinicians in New Jersey. Of our original 130 or so GCEMS staff members, 43 are still here, providing outstanding care to our patients. These patients recognize the outstanding, professional and empathetic care provided as the standard by which all other EMS agencies are judged. Our staff has grown to over 250 members.
Starting with our original 10 municipalities, we currently provide BLS service to 23 of 24 municipalities within the County of Gloucester. We respond from 19 strategically placed stations throughout our service area.
We proudly assembled 2 dedicated bariatric ambulances, ready for response around the clock. Every GCEMS response vehicle is equipped with a LUCAS CPR assist device.
GCEMS continues to embrace the expanding scope of practice for BLS providers and has been at the forefront of each new treatment modality as it has become available for our patients.
Our educational opportunities are second to none. Providers from throughout New Jersey travel hours to attend these unique classes.
If you were with us at 0500 on September 30 of 2007, or have come onboard since that date, your contributions and the outstanding patient care you provide is never taken for granted.
