Watchung Rescue Squad

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

A huge thank you to Rob Winston, FACHE & WRS Life Member for teaching our monthly drill on Psychiatric Emergencies in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Rob has extensive experience in behavioral health, working as a psychotherapist and as VP of Operations of Jersey City Medical Center.

We learned about different psychiatric conditions, how to better respond to patients in psychiatric crisis, as well as how to better support ourselves and each other in the EMS field.

05/18/2026

Congratulations to 2nd Lieutenant, Genevieve Nitzsche on her scholarship from the EMS Council of New Jersey!

05/18/2026

This National EMS Week, we honor the dedicated EMTs, paramedics, dispatchers, and all EMS professionals who answer the call every single day. 🚑💙

Thank you for your courage, compassion, and commitment to saving lives in moments that matter most. Your strength, sacrifice, and selfless service do not go unnoticed.

Whether it’s a routine call or a life-threatening emergency, you are there when our communities need you most. Today and every day, we celebrate and appreciate all that you do.

Happy National EMS Week!

05/17/2026

Today marks the beginning of National EMS Week that runs through May 23rd. Each day of EMS Week has a theme that represents the nature of EMS. Stay tuned for more information through the week. Today we start off with “Health, Wellness, and Resilience Day”. Let’s take a moment to wish our members and EMS personnel a Happy National EMS Week. Thank you for all the hard work you do!
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04/29/2026

Huge thank you to .bigworld and Alex Eristavi for hosting an informative training on EMS role in Firefighter Mayday. We partnered with to practice treating downed firefighters and worked on navigating their gear. This training enhanced our department collaboration and emergency preparedness.

04/13/2026

To all of the dispatchers out there- thank you for being the calm voice that gets those in need the help they require! Thank you for always taking care of all of your first responders. HUGE SHOUTOUT to our Watchung PD dispatchers who we are truly lucky to work with- they are the BEST!

04/01/2026

It has been an exciting month for us! We have officially received our PFX2 stretchers. These stretchers are fully automatic and have a power load into the ambulance. We are the first rescue squad in NJ to put this new technology into service. Thank you to our partners at for working closely with us and Ferno to have these installed in a timely and professional manner. Thank you to Ferno Sales Rep. Julian Brown for working so diligently with us to get these installed and in service, and also for providing training to our members.

This marks a significant upgrade for us as we were previously using fully manual Ferno stretchers for many years.

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to for supporting this investment through very generous grants. We greatly appreciate the support and cannot wait to continue to care for the residents of Watchung with this new equipment!

03/28/2026

This morning our squad members had a great time standing by at the Borough’s Egg Hunt!

03/17/2026

We would like to take a moment to congratulate our Vice President Nicole Sese for becoming the Watchung Rescue Squad’s newest Full Member(EMT). We would also like to congratulate Leo Marchetti on passing his testing and becoming our newest Driver! Thank you to both for your dedication and love for this organization! Are you interested in becoming a member? Please apply on our website or scan QR code! Any questions email: [email protected].