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New Jersey Emergency Volunteer Professionals Left to Gulf States

By Horace Corbin

WESTFIELD, NJ September 4, 2005 -- 1,000 two-men fire fighter teams from across the nation went to the Gulf states to help in the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

New Jersey and Union County including Westfield, Cranford, Hillside, Union, Springfield, Plainfield and Elizabeth have volunteer professional teams that departed Saturday to parts unknown in the gulf states. This mobilization has been underway since Thursday.

The fire fighter teams carry with them survival gear for living in the wild while performing their rescue work; military rations, water filters and such equipment. The men are volunteers for at least a 30-day period.

NJ Emergency medical response teams consisting of state employed physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and crisis counselors are also being deployed to regular and field hospitals in Baton Rouge.

It is expected that other personnel will be dispatched on a longer-term basis as the gulf region transitions in this unprecedented disaster.

Officials report that the unconditional commitments to this disaster are also mindful of the regular service obligations of these forces in their home communities.

Photos: Fire Chief Dan Kelly recommended the Westfield Team that includes Captain Michael Brennan and firefighter Tom Ryan. 

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