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Volunteer EMS Unit in New Jersey Township Shuts Down Over ‘Public Safety' Concerns

A volunteer EMS unit in New Jersey has shut down and turned over services to the county EMS.

The volunteer Roselle Park EMS closed because of what the mayor called a "public safety issue." Mayor Carl Hokanson says the unit wasn't able to handle the volume of calls coming in, and police were having to respond to the calls as a result.

The township has been using Union County's EMS since August 2015, and are now covered 24/7 every day of the year by the county EMS, said Hokanson. The only new development is the volunteer EMS station was officially shut down on July 31.

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