The Fanwood Rescue Squad is proud to name Eric Breidenstein as the recipient of this year’s EMS excellence award at the Overlook Medical Center EMS Dinner on May 23rd held at the Galloping Hill Golf Course, Kenilworth, NJ. “The officers and members of the Fanwood Rescue Squad take great delight in recognizing Eric Bridenstein for…

On April 25, the Fanwood Rescue Squad recognized Fanwood Rescue Vice President and Fanwood Fire Assistant Chief Dave Zawodniak for his tremendous and outstanding service to his community at the 44th Annual Knights of Columbus Shield Awards at St. Barts! Congratulations to Dave and all the recipients of the award from Police, Fire and EMS…

In honor of EMS week, Fanwood Rescue Squad’s free classes are being offered to residents of Fanwood and Scotch Plains during the week of May 18-25! These free classes are designed for the public and will include CPR/AED skills, choking management for adults, children and infants! This is a noncertification introduction to CPR! These courses…

Fanwood Rescue was on standby yesterday, April 13th, 2019 at the Fanwood Annual Easter Egg Hunt! It was a beautiful day for the event! Thanks to our standby crews President Ed Winsor, Nick Tripodi, Sergeant Shreya Kachroo, 2nd Lieutenant Adam Miksis and Lisa Walker!! 🐰🥚🚑🚨

On March 18, 2019, following our monthly drill, Fanwood Rescue was dispatched into Scotch Plains for the report of a structure fire. Scotch Plains Fire Department and Fanwood Fire Department were also on scene knocking down and fighting the fire. Fanwood Rescue assisted Scotch Plains EMS with evaluating the patients from the house as well…

On Wednesday, February 13, Fanwood Rescue was on standby and provided free blood pressure screenings at the Go Red event at the Chelsea in Fanwood. Thanks to our standby crews Lisa Walker, Nick Tripodi, Joan Lozowski, Captain Patricia Buckridee, Brian Felber and Chaplain Zoe Buckridee.

The Fanwood Rescue was on standby and provided free blood pressure screenings at the Go Red for Women’s Heart Health Fair at the JCC in Scotch Plains. FRS squad member Melissa Padulsky and her company, Little Hearts Big World CPR Instruction, was a co-sponsor of the event hosted with the American Heart Association. This event…

On January 19 we had our annual rescue squad and fire department dinner at Ferraro’s Restaurant in Westfield, NJ. The following members were award recipients for their service!! 5 Year Service Pin Michael Hopkins 10 Year Service Award Ian Lewis 15 Year Service Silver Bowl Edward Winsor (from 2013) 20 Year Service Award Thomas Kranz…

Congratulations to all our new officers that were sworn in on Tuesday January 1st at Borough Hall during the Borough of Fanwood’s Annual Reorganization Meeting! Congratulations to all our officers! Line Officers: Captain: Patricia Buckridee 1st Lieutenant: Elizabeth Buckridee 2nd Lieutenant: Adam Miksis Sergeant: Shreya Kachroo Training: Christina O’Connor Desk Officers: President: Edward Winsor Vice…

From our family to yours, we wish everyone a safe and healthy holiday season!! Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, and to all the holidays and festivities being celebrated this time of year, we wish you all a very happy holiday!