Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad

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www.frfars.org We were established in 1952, following in the traditions set forth by the Flemington American Legion Ambulance and Civil Defense Corps.
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The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad is a combination volunteer and career Emergency Medical and Rescue Services provider serving Flemington Borough, Raritan Township, and parts of Readington and Delaware Townships. Since then we have grown to an organization with over 80 members and a wide variety of specialized vehicles and equipment. We answered 3153 calls for service in 2019. We continue to work hard to grow and meet the needs of our diverse and ever changing community. Our goal is to provide the most rapid and most professional services possible for our community. We provide 24 hour a day, 365 days a year coverage with crews in our station. What this means is that when you call for our services, we are ready to respond immediately. We have made this commitment to provide quicker service for you, our residents and businesses. This coverage is provided by our dedicated volunteers and career employees. Without their commitment, this level of service would not be possible. We have an average on scene response time of under 8 minutes to emergency calls. This time is calculated from the moment we are dispatched to your emergency to the time all equipment needed arrives on the scene to assist. With over 50 square miles of coverage area, we are proud of these accomplishments. The Squad provides emergency ambulance services and technical rescue services. Some of our services Include:

* Emergency Medical Services / 9-1-1 Ambulance Services.
* Special Event Stand-By's: If you are holding a sporting event or a large gathering and would like an ambulance to be on hand in the event of an emergency, give us a call.
* Community Education: We will send our personnel and units to schools and daycare centers as well as any other community groups to display our equipment and give some basic safety tips.
* Station Tours: Interested in seeing our facilities? Stop by our headquarters at 26 Route 12, next to Carvers Auto Parts) in Flemington. We would be happy to give you a tour of our facilities and equipment. Some of the specialized technical rescue services we provide include:

* Vehicle and Machinery Extrication: Assisting victims who are trapped in vehicles following a crash, or pinned in industrial or agricultural machinery, using specialized tools to remove them safely and quickly while minimizing potential for further injury
* Rope Rescue: Assisting injured persons that are otherwise inaccessible by conventional means such as people injured in ravines, on water towers, or other similar situations
* Confined Space Rescue: Assisting victims who have become injured/incapacitated in areas that are difficult to access such as silos, storage tanks, underground pipes and other similar situations
* Water Rescue: Assisting victims stranded in floods and fast moving water, or who have fallen through the ice in winter months.
* Building Collapse Rescue: Assisting persons who have become trapped in collapsed structures or vehicles that have crashed into buildings
* Trench Rescue: Assisting victims who are buried in collapsed trenches and excavations
* Fire Support: Assisting our local fire departments with fire suppression operations and R.I.T. capabilities

Our squad provides emergency medical services with five basic life support ambulances, and rescue services with two heavy rescue trucks, a marine rescue vehicle, a collapse rescue trailer and two boats. We are always looking for volunteers. Our members are the heart of our operation. It is through many hours of hard work and dedication provided by these people that you are able to receive a quick response with well trained members equipped with the latest technology available. We are a non-profit organization and rely on your donations to supplement our operating budget. Please don't forget us when you receive a donation request in the mail. Anyone interested in becoming a member may call (201) 822-9399 or (908) 782-6103. We have several classes of membership to meet your availability. Training for members is provided free of charge.

04/05/2026

MARCH 2026 STATISTICS
For the month of March, the Rescue Squad responded to 314 emergency calls, up from 277 calls or 11.8% compared to March 2025. So far for the year, the Rescue Squad has responded to 954 emergency calls, an increase of 8.3% compared to the same three month period during 2025.

The calls by municipality for March were as follows:
Flemington Borough - 56
Raritan Township - 224
Delaware Township - 16
East Amwell Township - 10
Kingwood Township - 2
City of Lambertville - 2
West Amwell Township - 1
Franklin Township - 1
Out of County - 2

During March, the Rescue Squad's volunteer EMT's provided 797 hours of duty time, with the Squad's career staff providing an additional 1909 hours of duty time to maintain our in-house staffed ambulances. There is always one staffed ambulance on duty at all times, with two and sometimes three staffed during peak call volume times. Our average response time remains among the fastest in the county and state, at 7:40 minutes average from dispatch to arriving on scene. (Hunterdon County average is 13 minutes / State average is 15 minutes per NJ DOH EMS). This average includes second, third and "scramble crew" calls. The Squad's volunteer EMT's have contributed 3028 hours of duty time during the first quarter of 2026.

The Rescue Squad made 346 vehicle responses in March 2026 (up 14.2% compared to March 2025). 1078 vehicle responses have been made during the first quarter of 2026. The Rescue Squad made contact with 286 patients (up 12.2%) and Squad ambulances transported 214 patients to the hospital in March (up 9.3%).

During March, two members completed Swiftwater Rescue Operations and two members completed High Wheel Vehicles in Flood Response courses. The Squad conducted two Rescue Services drills and participated in the Hunterdon County US&R drill. A monthly EMS drill and a "Thirds / Junior Member drill was conducted as well.

We are always looking for people who want to help serve their community as volunteer emergency medical technicians. If you think you might be interested in joining the Squad, check out www.frfars.org/join for additional information.

03/27/2026

Last night, the Squad's Rescue Services Unit participated in the monthly Hunterdon County Urban Search and Rescue drill, hosted this month by South Branch Emergency Services.

Due to repairs bring done on their generator, SBES had a wall to the generator enclosure that was going to be removed, presenting the opportunity to do some breaching and breaking. Personnel from the three agencies (22, 36 and 49) breached through the masonry wall, performed some shoring using Paratech struts, had a search canine locate a live victim, and then performed a rope rescue operation to remove a victim up and over the wall.

THE TRAINING NEVER ENDS...

03/26/2026

The Squad's Rescue Services Unit drill last night focused on heavy rigging and picket anchor systems. A donated vehicle was rolled onto it's side and then back onto it's wheels in a controlled fashion multiple times using a TU28 and a TU17 Griphoist.

Due to very wet soil conditions, members constructed a six picket anchor system with a 4x4 timber acting as a "deadman" to resist the pull and distribute the force over a greater area. Chains, sn**ch blocks and other rigging were also reviewed.

THE TRAINING NEVER ENDS...

03/03/2026

FEBRUARY 2026 STATISTICS

For the month of February, the Rescue Squad responded to 301 emergency calls, up 3.2% compared to February 2025. So far for the year, the Rescue Squad has responded to 640 emergency calls, an increase of 6.6% compared to the same two month period during 2025.

The calls by municipality for February were as follows:
Flemington Borough - 73
Raritan Township - 218
Delaware Township - 8
East Amwell Township - 5
Kingwood Township - 3
Stockton Borough - 1
Out of County - 3

During February, the Rescue Squad's volunteer EMT's provided 876 hours of duty time, with the Squad's career staff providing an additional 1737 hours of duty time to maintain our in-house staffed ambulances. There is always one staffed ambulance on duty at all times, with two and sometimes three staffed during peak call volume times. Our average response time remains among the fastest in the county and state, at 7:40 minutes average from dispatch to arriving on scene. (Hunterdon County average is 13 minutes / State average is 15 minutes per NJ DOH EMS). This average includes second, third and "scramble crew" calls. The Rescue Squad made 345 vehicle responses in February 2026 (up 1.2% compared to February 2025). The Rescue Squad made contact with 275 patients (up 2.1%) and Squad ambulances transported 226 patients to the hospital in February (up .1%).

At the Hunterdon County Department of Public Safety Graduation Ceremony on February 18th, the Rescue Squad gained eight new emergency medical technicians, two new Firefighter 1 certified members, and one member completed their Firefighter 2 certification. The Squad conducted four training drills during the month as well. This is in addition to the courses attended by the members during the month, including ice rescue, elevator emergencies and various awareness level rescue courses.

We are always looking for people who want to help serve their community as volunteer emergency medical technicians. If you think you might be interested in joining the Squad, check out www.frfars.org/join for additional information.

02/19/2026

Congratulations to Our EMT and Firefighter Graduates

On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, the Hunterdon County Department of Public Safety held a graduation ceremony recognizing those who earned their EMT and Firefighter I and II certifications during 2025.

These programs require significant dedication, each involving more than 200 hours of instruction along with extensive study and skills practice. We are proud to recognize the following members for completing their core certifications: EMT Christine Donetz, EMT Joshua Smith, EMT James Lundari, EMT Marissa Migliorino, EMT Anna Abajyan, EMT Brianna Sanders, EMT Norah Shore, EMT Miles Alderman, FF Gabe Holt, and FF Ash Andriopolous-Dodd. We also congratulate long‑time member FF/EMT Andrew Camp on completing the county’s Firefighter II program, which builds on the foundational Firefighter I curriculum.

Several Squad members attended the ceremony on behalf of the organization, including Deputy Chief Steve Indoe, EMS Captain Andrew Glowacki, and Volunteer Coordinator Angie Jankowski.

We are proud of our graduates and look forward to their continued success and safe service.

To learn more about becoming an EMT or Firefighter with FRFARS, visit www.frfars.org/join .

02/12/2026

For the Rescue Services Unit drill this evening, members worked with two new accessories for the Arizona Vortex artificial high directional (AHD) system.

The first item is the "Appalachian Hitching Post". This device allows the Vortex's easal leg to be attached to a hitch receiver, providing a secure attachment in compression for rope-based hauling and lowering systems. A second part of the AHP allows for the entire system to be turned 90 degrees, to allow for operating perpendicular to the vehicle. This would be helpful when operating on embankments alongside roadways and similar situations. The AHP is made by Rock Exotica, the manufacturer of the AZV system.

The second device is called a "Gluon", made by Graviton in Belgium, for use with the Vortex. The Gluon allows for placing a Vortex leg in compression, or for creating fine adjustments to level the AHD system. It can be used on inner or outer leg sections, and with either raptor or flat feet.

These two accessories increase the versatility of the AZV, allowing for even more rigging options in a variety of situations.

THE TRAINING NEVER ENDS...

02/07/2026

This morning, seven members of the Rescue Squad are attending the annual team meeting of New Jersey Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 at the team's headquarters in Wall Township. The meeting is an opportunity to provide updates and training to the entire 200+ member team.

Chief Tom Hoffman - Rescue Squad Officer
Deputy Chief Steve Indoe - Rescue Specialist
Asst. Chief Travis Hoffman - Rescue Specialist
Capt. Gary Breuer - Heavy Rigging Specialist
Lt. John Phelan - Task Force Leader
FF/EMT James Regan - Rescue Specialist
Dr. Dan Rice - Medical Team Manager

01/13/2026

DECEMBER AND 2025 YEAR END STATISTICS - ANOTHER RECORD!!

For the month of December 2025, the Rescue Squad responded to 321 emergency calls, up 9.2% compared to December 2024. For the year 2025, the Rescue Squad responded to 3638 emergency calls compared to 3482 during 2024, an increase of 4.48% for 2025. 2025 also broke the record for the number of emergency responses in a year (seems like the numbers are only climbing...)

The calls by municipality for December were as follows:
Flemington Borough - 69
Raritan Township - 215
Readington Township - 4
Delaware Township - 21
East Amwell Township - 6
Kingwood Township - 2
City of Lambertville - 3
Franklin Township - 1

During December, the Rescue Squad's volunteer EMT's provided 1227 hours of duty time, with the Squad's career staff providing an additional 1756 hours of duty time to maintain our in-house staffed ambulances. There is always one staffed ambulance on duty at all times, with two and sometimes three staffed during peak call volume times. Our average response time remains among the fastest in the county and state, at 7:40 minutes average from dispatch to arriving on scene. (Hunterdon County average is 13 minutes / State average is 15 minutes per NJ DOH EMS). This average includes second, third and "scramble crew" calls. The Rescue Squad made 368 vehicle responses in December 2025 (up 7.6% compared to December 2024). The Rescue Squad made contact with 289 patients (up 14.2%) and Squad ambulances transported 225 patients to the hospital in December (up 15.9%).

The calls by municipality for 2025 for the Rescue Squad were as follows:
Flemington Borough - 797
Raritan Township - 2475
Readington Township - 17
Delaware Township - 190
East Amwell Township - 81
Kingwood Township - 23
City of Lambertville - 18
West Amwell Township - 5
Stockton Borough - 5
Franklin Township - 7
Hampton Borough - 2
Lebanon Township - 2
Frenchtown Borough - 2
Out of County - 8

During 2025, the Rescue Squad's volunteer EMT's provided 13,666 hours of duty time, with the Squad's career staff providing an additional 22,223 hours to ensure the Squad's staffed ambulances. For 2025, Squad vehicle responses were 4188 (up 4.1% compared to 2024). The Squad made contact with 3264 patients during 2025 (up 6.73% compared to 2024). Rescue Squad ambulances transported 2536 patients to medical facilities during 2025 (up 7.23% compared to 2024).

We are always looking for people who want to help serve their community as volunteer emergency medical technicians. If you think you might be interested in joining the Squad, check out www.frfars.org/join for additional information. Stay healthy and safe!

01/12/2026

Over the past three days, seven members of the Rescue Squad attended the 1st Annual East Coast Technical Rescue Conference in Norfolk VA. The conference was organized and hosted by the Technical Rescue Association of Virginia.

Members drove down to Norfolk, arriving Thursday evening. The conference started Friday morning, with courses presented all day Friday and Saturday, and until 1215 this afternoon. Members attended eighteen different educational programs over the three days. Topics included human performance in rescue operations, EMS in technical rescue, agricultural emergencies, urban flood rescue, confined space rigging, large animal rescue, rope rescue, case studies of earthquake responses and trench rescues, arborist rescue, heavy vehicle lifting operations, and UAV's in SAR Ops. When not in class, members spoke with the manufacturers and vendors who had equipment on display and otherwise shared in the brotherhood of the many technical rescue providers in attendance.

Rescue Squad Chief Tom Hoffman, Rescue Capt Gary Breuer, Rescue Lt John Phelan, FF/EMT James Crampton, FF/EMT Brian Dettra, FF/EMT James Breuer, and FF/EMT James Regan attended the program. Regan also presented a session on arborist rescue operations.

THE TRAINING NEVER ENDS...

01/08/2026

The Rescue Squad participated in this training exercise hosted by Hunterdon Health last month at the Medical Center.

01/02/2026

Happy New Year from all of us at the Flemington-Raritan First Aid & Rescue Squad!

Wishing all of our community members a Happy and Healthy 2026.

12/24/2025

From our house to yours: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our friends, families, and neighbors.

Wishing a Silent Night and a safe shift to all emergency responders keeping our communities safe today and every day.

Address

26 State Route 12
Flemington, NJ
08822

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http://www.frfars.org/

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