September 14, 2001 

NEWS RELEASE  

For release at your earliest convenience

For further information, please contact Mayor Brian Phelan or Township Administrator Stephen Mountain at 543-4555

Mendham Township Provides Assistance To World Trade Center Rescue Effort

            In response to a request for assistance from the Morris County (New Jersey) District Area First Aid Counsel the Mendham Township First Aid Squad deployed three Squad members and a Township ambulance to assist with the World Trade Center rescue effort.

            The Squad was requested to mobilize by the District Area Mobilization Coordinator at 5:00 p.m. on the afternoon of September 11.  Three Squad members led by Captain Marlene Russell reported the arranged meeting area in Morristown at 9:00 p.m.  At the District Office the Squad members were informed that they were needed to provide relief to First Aid Squads already on the scene and they were dispatched to the staging area at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.

            At approximately 3:00 a.m. the Township Squad members were placed into active duty.  The three member crew was transported by small boats to the “ground zero” area of the rescue effort.  The crew was then dispatched to one of the numerous triage sites set up at the scene to relieve other emergency service personnel.  The crew remained at the triage sites through the remainder of the night until they were relieved and sent home at 12:30 p.m. on September 12.

            The First Aid Squad along with the Township’s other Emergency Services remain on standby and are available should a request come in for further assistance from those in charge of the continuing rescue effort. 

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