Berlin Inter-Community Ambulance Association (Berlin EMS) provides Emergency Medical Services for the residents, businesses, and visitors of Berlin Borough, NJ (08009) and Berlin Township, NJ (08091).
Berlin Borough and Berlin Township has State, County, Local Roadways and The Gamblers Express Train operated by NJ Transit that travels from Philadelphia, PA to Atlantic City, NJ through its response area.
Berlin EMS provids 1 ambulance staffed by New Jersey Office of Emergency Medical Service certified Emergency Medical Technicians 24 hours a day. Our 2nd ambulance is on a recall basis.
Berlin EMS has a MCI unit that is equiped to handle 50 plus patients if needed. This unit currently is on the Camden County MCI plan for regional deployment or requested by OIC of a incident.
Year End Report
Our department was dispatched to a total of 2103 emergency calls in 2011. There were 994 in Berlin Borough 792 in Berlin Township and an additional 317 calls for mutual assistance to the surrounding communities.
Over the past year we continued to maintain a roster of eight volunteer EMT’s and one Junior member.
Again this past year we took part in many community activities including Fire prevention nights in Berlin Borough and Berlin Township, Home Depot and K- Marts Safety days, outreach programs at the JF Kennedy School in Berlin Township, the July 4th parade, Berlin Borough and Berlin Township Christmas parades and continued our “Helmets for Safety” program along the Berlin Borough and Berlin Township Police departments with donations from our friends at “Rita’s Water Ice”.
2011 also saw Hurricane Irene pass through in August, which kept our department busy, as we were staffed with two ambulances 24/7 for three days.
On behalf of our members we would like to thank our residents and businesses who helped support us again this past year by donating to our annual fund drive campaign. Your tax deductible donations are used to cover items such as uniforms and training.
2012 OFFICERS
CAPTAIN- LOU DeMARCO
ASSISTANT CAPTAIN- CRAIG FALLSTICK
LIEUTENANT- JENNIFER SOMERS
PRESIDENT- CRAIG FALLSTICK
VICE PRESIDENT- ANNA BEHNKE
SECRETARY- LINDA PTASZENSKI
FINANCIAL SECRETARY- JOAN MADARA
Our Department also offers CPR training, Ambulance and Building tours for our residents, businesses and local youth groups, please visit BERLINEMS.COM for additional information about our department. As we move into 2012 we continue to strive to provide our residents with the best pre-hospital care available.
