Tri-Boro First Aid Squad’s 80th Anniversary

(L-R) KInnelon MayorJames Freda, Butler Mayor Bob Alviene, Kinnelon Retired Mayor and current councilman Glen Sisco, Tri-Boro First Aid Squad President Wayne Hammaker, Bloomingdale Mayor Jonathan Dunleavy

The Mayors joined Squad Members, Police, and Firefighters from the three towns of Bloomingdale, Butler, and Kinnelon at the 2019 Installation Dinner. Also in attendance were Officers of the New Jersey State First Aid Council, 17th District as well as representatives from nearby Mutual Aid Squads, Pompton Lakes/Riverdale First Aid Squad and the Pequannock First Aid Squad.

80 years ago, in 1939, our Squad was founded as the Butler First Aid Squad. One year later the name was changed to-Boro First Aid Squad reflecting our charter to serve our neighbors of Butler, Bloomingdale and Kinnelon. In 1940, the first new Buick ambulance was placed in service. Today we maintain three state of the art Ambulances plus a Captain’s rig.

We’re pleased to announce Columbia Bank has just approved a grant to the Squad for a Lucas Chest Compression System which performs long term uninterrupted CPR and frees up our members to concentrate on other vital lifesaving tasks .

We’ve responded to over 100,000 calls in the 80 years of our existence.

In 2018 our squad responded to 1583 medical emergencies.

Top Three members responding to most calls are:

• Dianne Boylan 320
• Alysha Futcher 264
• Jason Hammaker 252

When a person’s heart has stopped and restarted by administering CPR it is called a CPR Save.

In 2018 Tri-Boro had 5 CPR Saves

3 saves by Alysha Futcher and Jason Hammaker

2 saves Michael Johnston

1 save by Lenny Hasson and Sarah Cochran

All volunteer Tri-Boro First Aid Squad looks forward to helping our friends and neighbors for many more years.