Nutley (NAVES - EMS) What happened⁉️

[665_NJ]

For many years they were dispatched by PD and operated on 155.2800 PL 141.3 but then switched to 151.79750 DPL 411 for dispatch and operations under their new IG license. It’s been about a month or so have not heard anything. All quiet, monitoring in PL/DPL search to see if that changed - zip zero nada.
Unit numbers were in the 40s I.e. 42, 44 etc…
EMS is currently dispatched by police as EMS 1, EMS 2 on their Fire frequency 154.9950 PL94.8 as indicated in DB.

So what changed?
Covid 19 decimated volunteer ranks - aka personnel shortage?
Rumor has it they have gone defunct and disbanded due to lack of available volunteers?
So now FD had to pick up slack?

Thanks

 

[asnhnetwork]

I believe i read legal issues possibly thinned the herds and were close to a demise.

 

[railtrailbiker]

For many years they were dispatched by PD and operated on 155.2800 PL 141.3 but then switched to 151.79750 DPL 411 for dispatch and operations under their new IG license. It’s been about a month or so have not heard anything. All quiet, monitoring in PL/DPL search to see if that changed - zip zero nada.
Unit numbers were in the 40s I.e. 42, 44 etc…
EMS is currently dispatched by police as EMS 1, EMS 2 on their Fire frequency 154.9950 PL94.8 as indicated in DB.

So what changed?
Covid 19 decimated volunteer ranks - aka personnel shortage?
Rumor has it they have gone defunct and disbanded due to lack of available volunteers?
So now FD had to pick up slack?

Thanks

These media articles explain what happened:

Nutley ambulance squad dissolved, absorbed into town, months after arrest of leader

The Nutley Volunteer & Emergency Rescue Squad and the town had been in an escalating feud for months, fueled by financial and transparency issues.

www.northjersey.com

Nutley's volunteer ambulance squad dissolved, now operating under fire department following financial mismanagement – The Jersey Bee

From NorthJersey.com

bloomfieldinfo.org

 

[665_NJ]

Thanks all for the update.