UPDATED @ 10 a.m. Sept. 1: The area ambulance crews that were deployed to South Jersey returned to their central- and western-Pennsylvania homes Wednesday, Centre LifeLink’s Frank Cianfrani reported via e-mail.
He said the workers spent Wednesday morning helping to move 100 residents from evacuation sites back to their nursing homes in Trenton, N.J.
‘This area was hit hard by localized flooding along streams and rivers in the wake of Irene,’ Cianfrani wrote.
Earlier coverage is posted below.
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UPDATED @ 6:45 p.m. Aug. 29: Area ambulance crews deployed to South Jersey have been helping to return elderly and special-needs residents to their homes after hurricane-related evacuations, Centre LifeLink’s Frank Cianfrani reported via e-mail Monday.
He said the crews worked overnight from Sunday into early Monday on those transportation missions, moving residents from evaluation shelters back to their residences in Atlantic City and Pleasantville, N.J.
‘Later (Monday) morning, units from our area were assigned to transport residents back to a nursing home that had been evacuated prior to Irene’s landfall,’ Cianfrani wrote. ‘After nearly 18 hours of operational time in Atlantic County, the 23 ambulances and mass-casualty bus from western and central Pennsylvania have transported (more than) people to their needed destinations.
‘A broken dam in a nearby town may extend our stay in this area,’ he went on. ‘As of now, there is no official word on when we may be heading back to Pennsylvania.’
Cianfrani sent his e-mail message at 2:40 p.m. Monday. StateCollege.com will post more information as it becomes available.
Earlier coverage is posted below.
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UPDATED @ 7:44 a.m. Aug. 29: The five ambulances and crews organized through the Seven Mountains EMS Council have now been deployed to southern New Jersey. They include one crew each from State College-based Centre Lifelink, Bellefonte, Snow Shoe, McVeytown and Lewistown-based Fame EMS.
As of late Sunday evening, they were stationed in Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County, awaiting word on specific missions.
StateCollege.com will post additional information as it becomes available.
Earlier coverage is posted below.
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Earlier coverage posted @ 2:18 p.m. Aug. 27:
Five area ambulance crews organized through the Seven Mountains Emergency Medical Services Council will assist in an emergency response to Hurricane Irene, council Executive Director Tim Nilson said Saturday afternoon.
Shortly before 2 p.m., he said the crews would leave soon for Harrisburg. There, they will join 20 other ambulance crews from central and western Pennsylvania — and await word on whether they’ll be needed in southeastern Pennsylvania as Irene passes through, Nilson said.
The Seven Mountains council, based in Bellefonte, includes the nonprofit Centre LifeLink EMS, of State College, and other ambulance agencies across Centre, Clinton, Mifflin and Juniata counties.
Units from LifeLink and other Centre County agencies may be part of the Seven Mountains council deployment to Harrisburg, though Nilson could not immediately say which agencies would be involved.
He said each of the five crews deployed via the regional council will have one ambulance and four members. They’re expected to remain on call in southeastern Pennsylvania for at least 48 hours, Nilson said.
StateCollege.com will post more information as it becomes available.
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