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Freehold EMS is a non-profit, primarily volunteer organization serving the residents of Freehold Borough, Freehold Township and the surrounding communities.

04/16/2026

🚨2026 Happenings🚨

Freehold EMS is off to a spectacular start to 2026 and we want to share all our recent happenings with our followers!

Call stats:

January 2026: 485 Calls
Mutual aid required: 2 (5 calls covered by M/A during our annual banquet)
Mutual Aid Provided: 14
Patients Transported: 369
January Answer Rate: 98.8%

February 2026: 434
Mutual aid required: 2
Mutual Aid Provided: 22 (Includes two NJ EMS Task Force Activations into Ocean County
Patients Transported: 314
February Answer Rate: 99.8%

March 2026: 465
Mutual aid required: 2
Mutual Aid Provided: 17
Patients Transported: 328
March Answer Rate: 99.6%

Total Mutual Aid Required: 6
Total Mutual Aid Provided to surrounding communities: 53

Total requests for service for January, February, & March: 1,386

In late January, Freehold EMS held our annual installation dinner honoring top responders, length of service, special awards recipients, and unit citations for actions taken during emergency assignments resulting in a positive outcome for our patients. We were joined by our neighboring EMS, fire, and police department leadership as well as members of our governing body for the borough and township. Special thank to our neighbors with Marlboro EMS for covering us for this important event.

Length of service awards:

Alyshia Aggarwal- 5 years
Tyler Dovel- 5 years
Richard Alavarces- 5 year
Olivia Rafferty- 5 years
Jaidyn Schaer- 5 years
Juan Vazquez- 15 Years
Kevin O’Brien- 50 years
Charlie Buscaglia- 65 years

Cadet of the year: Joseph Montorosso
Employee of the year: Erick Kessner
Chief’s Award: Zachary Mahboub
Chief’s Award: Deputy Chief Olivia Henein
Life Membership: Juan Vazquez

Congratulations to our award recipients!

In addition, Freehold EMS personnel have also attended various trainings such as “Firefighter Down CPR,””Effective Communication in EMS,” and Emergency Response to Fire/Rescue Incidents” with many more training opportunities coming over the course of the year.

And finally, we are excited to share that so far in 2026, we have recruited over 25 new volunteers to join our ranks to serve our Freehold communities!

Stay tuned, more exciting things to come!

03/31/2026

This past Sunday evening, Freehold EMS responded on the box in 16-1s local for a reported building fire. BLS 1560 arriving within 3 minutes of dispatch, was amongst the first units on the scene, observed visible fire conditions, and reported conditions to the dispatch center which was related to responding fire companies.

As the assignment was upgraded, additional EMS were requested to the scene in addition to rehab units from Gordon's Corner Fire Company. With multiple active medical calls, the EMS all call was transmitted bringing all additional off duty Freehold EMS Units to the scene as well as mutual aid requested from Colts Neck First Aid Squad. While operating at this large scale incident our neighbors with Millstone Township Fire Department handled a medical call in the borough. In total, 5 BLS units responded to the scene over the course of the incident providing careful watch and incident rehab to fire personnel. EMS units operated on scene for approximately 5 hours prior to being released. No injuries were reported.

🚑Responding EMS Units🚑

Chief 1550
Deputy Chief 1551
Captain 1553
Responder 1555
BLS 1558
BLS 1559
BLS 1560
BLS 1561
BLS 8462 (CNFAS)

Thank you to our mutual aid partners for their assistance.

03/22/2026

***CHANGE OF SCENERY***

This morning, Freehold EMS was requested to participate in a drill hosted by the Red Bank Fire Department. Ambulance 1561 staffed by EMTs Carter, Naiman, and member Giacolona provided careful watch over members of the RBFD during their live evolution training. Members provided standby EMS coverage during the drill and operated for several hours prior to being released without incident.

Thank you to Chief Welsh and members of Red Bank Fire Department for not only the hospitality but your confidence in us to provide service to your membership.

While we operated in the Borough of Red Bank, our on duty staff in Freehold answered 7 calls for service so far today.

03/19/2026

***HAPPENING NOW***

Freehold EMS is staffing all five ambulances handling multiple calls in Freehold Township and two additional mutual aid requests for service in neighboring communities.

Units are on the road and ready to answer the call wherever we are needed.

03/13/2026

***FIRE INCIDENT***

This evening, Freehold EMS, Freehold Township Ind. Fire Company #1, and the Freehold Township Police Department were dispatched to the Freehold Raceway Mall for a reported fire on the 3rd floor of a department store. The dispatch center began receiving multiple calls on this incident, prompting dispatch of the box alarm assignment bringing in area mutual aid fire companies to the scene.

Ambulances 1557, 1559, and the Chief responded to the scene. Based on the incident type, and commercial occupancy, additional BLS from FEMS were requested to the scene prompting both ambulances 1561 & 1558 to respond. EMS personnel operated on scene for just over an hour prior to being released. No injuries were reported.

During this incident, 2 additional calls for service were handled by FEMS units already on the road.

03/09/2026

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03/02/2026

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02/22/2026

To our residents: We are here for you! Please be safe and take the proper precautions for the coming storm as it makes its way into the area.

Freehold EMS is staffed and ready to respond with all five (5) of our ambulances and three (3) quick response vehicles for any and all calls for service. We are staffed with over 20 personnel and as always, ready to respond at any time moments notice.

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02/12/2026

On the evening of January 23rd, Freehold EMS units were alerted to respond to the intersection of Kozloski Rd and Colts Neck Rd for a reported pediatric medical emergency. The first FEMS unit arrived with 1 minute of dispatch and was flagged down by a Good Samaritan, Tommy, who had stopped to assist and took over talking to the 911 operator.

Upon arrival, FEMS personnel found a 6 year old who suffered a severe seizure, had vomited, stopped breathing, and was turning blue. The patient was rapidly removed from her car seat to the ground where a rapid assessment was completed, aggressive airway management performed, and critical rescue breathing administered as she began to seize again. Shortly after, our partners from the Atlantic Health Paramedics arrived on scene and both teams of clinicians continued to work towards stabilizing the patient. She was later transported to CentraState Medical Center under police es**rt and then transferred via helicopter to an area specialty pediatric hospital. She spent some time in the pediatric ICU before being discharged home with her family- a positive outcome we are all thankful for.

On February 7th, 6 year old Sophia, her family, and Good Samaritan Tommy Lewis came to visit on duty staff to meet those EMTs and say thank you. They brought the on duty crews lunch, homemade bracelets, keychains, and handwritten thank you cards. They received a station tour, ambulance tour and had a fun filled afternoon with their new Freehold EMS family.

We are beyond grateful that Sophia is doing better and thanks to the quick thinking of our highly skilled EMTs, paramedics, hospital staff, police officers, and our 911 dispatchers, this moment was possible.

Shout out to responding Freehold EMS members:

EMT Meghan Roeder
EMT Olivia Rafferty
Cadet Lea Hasan

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02/06/2026

3 Freehold EMS units currently on the road currently handling multiple calls for service in both the Borough and Township.

02/01/2026

Last night, at approximately 18:50 hours, Freehold EMS, at the request of Station 16-1, & the Freehold Township Police Department, was requested into the Raintree Development as a precautionary response for a fire related incident. Upon arrival, multiple units were being temporarily evacuated by fire department personnel prompting the request for additional EMS to the scene.

Upon EMS arrival, two ambulances were utilized for the purposes of keeping residents, their families and their pets out of the freezing cold while an additional crew stood by for rehab and transport if needed. Fire department personnel mitigated the situation, allowing residents to safely re-enter their homes. Units operated on scene just over an hour prior to being being released. No injuries were reported.

Present members of the command staff also took this opportunity to review extended EMS operations during fire incidents, resource deployment, and tactics related to large scale incidents.

While FEMS personnel operated at this incident, a 4th ambulance was staffed and handled additional calls for service in Freehold Township.

This incident was one of *28* total emergency calls handled by your Freehold EMS members yesterday.

🚨RESPONDING UNITS🚨

Chief 1550
D/C 1551
LT 15-154
BLS 1558
BLS 1559
BLS 1560
BLS 1561 (Township Coverage)

Freehold Township
Borough of Freehold
Freehold Township Ind. Fire Company #1

01/17/2026

Today, we were proud to support our neighbors at Manalapan High School who hosted a cheerleading competition consisting of 16 different teams. BLS 1558 with four volunteer members provided EMS standby services during the event.

We sincerely appreciate the invitation to support this event and are proud to be a part of not just our community but others who may welcome us.

Address

18 Spring Street
Freehold, NJ
07728

Telephone

+17323081515

Website

http://www.Freeholdems.org/

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