EMS Task Force

University Hospital EMS is a lead-agency member of the New Jersey EMS Task Force-Northern Region.  Established in 2004 by the New Jersey Department of Health, the Task Force is comprised of numerous diverse organizations from which assets may be drawn to organize responses to large scale incidents and disaster operations.  The Task Force also assumed responsibility for all resource and mutual aid mobilization previously coordinated by the NJ State First Aid Council.

The Task Force is divided into three regional divisions which adopt the same approach as the New Jersey State Police Emergency Management section.   These divisions are anchored with UMDNJ in Newark and New Jersey's other State Level I Trauma Centers; Robert Wood Johnson in Central NJ and Cooper University Hospital in Southern NJ.

The Task Force represents a coordinated effort with the NJ Department of Health, NJ State Police Office of Emergency Management, the New Jersey Paramedic Association, Medical Transportation Association, and UMDNJ-University Hospital.   University Hospital EMS assists with the management, operations, planning, training, and deployment of the North Region Task Force which includes professional and volunteer EMS agencies, commercial ambulance services, hospital based BLS/ALS services, and regional communications centers covering the New Jersey counties of Essex, Bergen, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren.

UH-EMS Special Operations resources, staff, and vehicles work closely in cooperation with EMS Task Force Operations.  For more information please visit the New Jersey Department of Health website.

External Link: NJ Department of Health - EMS Task Force