Statewide EMS task force faces shutdown amid funding crisis

NJ's EMS task force, a statewide backup for local responders and preparedness planning leader, needs additional funding to operate beyond September.

By: Lilo H. Stainton

Outlets: New Jersey Monitor

Published: July 24, 2026

Words: 932

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Members of New Jersey’s Emergency Medical Services Task Force spent July 4th evacuating a Voorhees nursing home of more than 200 people after the facility’s air conditioning failed during a heat wave that would lead to a record 29 deaths statewide.

Other members were deployed to help local responders at fireworks events in five counties and America250 celebrations along the Delaware River, to track wildfires in South Jersey, and to standby at …

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