'Crisis In Hillsborough' Video Talks EMS Situation

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — A video segment featuring the Hillsborough Rescue Squad will air through the entire month of April addressing the concern that the EMS may be dismantled and replaced by Robert Wood Johnson Hospital.

Created by Steve Kaiser Productions and Retired K9 Unit Commander Tim Pino, the roughly 15-minute episode will air on their Public Access TV Show on Cablevision, FiOS networks through April.

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The episode takes an in-depth look at the Hillsborough EMS, the issues going on relating to the rescue squad and the people involved in the community such as those creating petitions to save the EMS.

Residents and surrounding emergency officials have been upset that the Hillsborough Rescue Squad may be replaced by Robert Wood Johnson Hospital to provide emergency medical services for the township.

Francis Straz, a Hillsborough resident and EMS responder, in particular has started a petition to stop the council and save the rescue squad. The petition already has almost 1,500 signatures.

The council had voted back in December to get bids for emergency medical services for the town. The only bid that was returned was from RWJ. The vote to continue forward with this bid has not come up on the agenda yet.

For more information or to sign the petition visit change.org.

(Screenshot from video)

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