In December, the Greater Princeton & Far Beyond Branch of AYLUS (GPA) continued its holiday greeting event to first aid and rescue squads, firefighters, police officers, and so many real heroes in our community, who sacrifice a lot to save lives, and deserve our honor and respect, especially in this holiday season.
The Warren Township Rescue Squad was formed and formally incorporated in July of 1940 by a select group of residents who wanted to give something back to their town. Ever since it was formed, only shortly after the first Warren Township Fire Company was formed in 1909, it has remained all volunteer, as has our Fire Department.
Over our 75 year history we have been adapting and evolving. We have had various membership categories come and go, we have seen our original car-like Cadillac ambulances been replaced by Ford and Horton super duty trucks, our communications equipment has been improved from simple one-way communication to all-encompassing two-way radios, and most importantly, our protocols and supplies have improved dramatically from basic first aid to finely-tuned medical and trauma protocols with specific equipment to use for every scenario we might encounter.
The Rescue Squad hasn’t just spent time getting facelifts all those years; what we’ve done has changed, too. We have grown from serving just the Township to having mutual aid agreements with other local squads. We sent crews into New York during 9/11 and other major disasters. We send crews out for standbys at High School and local football games, and public and private events. The Warren Rescue Squad also partners with other charities in Town to run shelters during blizzards and storms such as Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene.
Led by Jerry Chen (12/16, 6-8 pm, 2 hrs), GPA members (12/16, 7-8 pm, 1 hr for all), Joshua Liu, Erich Dong, Victor Xu, Elizabeth Liu, Chelsea Sun, Alexander Liu, and Hannah Wang, prepared best wishing cards, collected donation items, joined for the event and delivered the gifts to the real heroes at Warren Rescue Squad (6 Bardy Road).
