For more than 59 years the Freehold First Aid and Emergency Squad has been providing free emergency medical services to friends, visitors and neighbors in Freehold Borough and Freehold Township, in New Jersey. As the Freehold area population continues to grow every year, the demands on the Freehold First Aid Squad also increase annually. Our call volume has risen from 2,000 emergency responses in 1986 to a projected 3,400 emergency calls this year. All of the organization's members are volunteers who donate their time to answer emergency calls around the clock, 365-days a year. Neither the squad or any squad member receive any monetary compensation from any source for providing emergency medical services.
Training is provided free for any squad member.
Organization members are also trained to use manual and hydraulic tools such as the Jaws of Life, special saws and portable jacks to extricate people trapped in motor vehicles as a result of an accident. Never knowing what you may encounter is part of the challenge of being a volunteer first aid squad member. As a squad member, you can make a difference in a person's life by providing the first, vital link in the pre-hospital environment for the patient. Your caring and EMS training can help ease the patient into the emergency system.