The Beach Haven First Aid Squad serves the residents and visitors of Ship Bottom, southern Long Beach Township and Beach Haven – 10 miles of Long Beach Island’s 18 miles – but it does so with a very small group of (very, very dedicated) volunteers. It became evident over the past years that a strategy was needed to address this shortage of EMTs, so the municipality, in partnership with the BHFAS, has devised just that.

“We as township officials recognized the issues we’re having with staffing the first aid squad,” said LBT Commissioner…