The Morris Minute Men First Aid Squad is a volunteer, non-profit organization which has been serving the communities of Morris Plains and Morris Township, NJ since 1941. Emergency medical services are provided to these communities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our operational expenses are paid through the generous donations of the citizens of our community.
The Minute Men consists entirely of volunteers who dedicate their free time to serving their community. We believe everyone can contribute something to our organization and we pride ourselves on our diversity. We are students and retirees. We are lawyers, accountants, nurses, engineers, mechanics and medical students. In short, we broadly represent the community we serve.
The Morris Minute Men do more for their community than just running 24 hour emergency service:
- Another service we provide are EMS Stand-by's. We station personnel around major events, such as corporate-sponsored races, soccer tournaments, and festivals, to insure that medical help is close-by if needed. At some events each one of our vehicles are stationed at different locations to cover greater areas. The MMM also sponsors a newly-formed bicycle team which can assist in reaching patients quickly at large events. For more information about stand-by assistance, please CLICK HERE.
- If manpower will allow it, we are happy to provide non-emergent transportation home from the hospital for members of our community who are unable to walk. We are occasionally able to provide longer-distance transportation to medical facilities, such as those in Manhattan. Please call or CLICK HERE for further information.
- We are happy to provide tours of our facilities and demonstrate our equipment to students, scouts and other groups. Members are also available to provide first aid instruction to groups such as coaches and babysitters.
- We regret that due to insurance constraints, we are unable to provide crutches to members of the community at this time.
For further information on any of the above services, please contact us at (973) 539-1776.
Our headquarters is located at 97 Mill Road in Morris Township, New Jersey. Our building includes everything to make the members on duty comfortable. There are bays (or garages) in which our ambulances and rescue truck are housed. There is an office, equipped with a computer which can be used to do homework or work. There is also a full kitchen, bunk rooms (where the duty team can sleep), and a shower. When members aren't working or running emergency calls, they like to hang out in the Squad Room, where there is a TV, DVD, VCR, cable and high-speed wireless internet. We also have vending machines for those late night snacks.
The Morris Minute Men are a 24 hour response team. The shifts are broken up into three rotations: Night team, Day Team, and Weekend 24 hour shifts. The Duty Nights run from 6 PM (1800 hrs) to 6 AM (0600 hrs) the next day. Each member on a duty night has an assigned night (Monday thru Thursday). During the day time (0600-1800 hrs), duty is a sign-up team. Each day team member must sign up for a pre-determined amount of hours each week. The weekend 24 hour shifts are based on a rotating schedule which requires each member to do on an average 1 weekend day a month. Besides the structured duty teams every member is on a 24 hour all-call response. This means that if there is more than one call at the same time, members will respond from their homes or places of work to the emergency.
The Morris Minute Men have four ambulances as well as a Rescue truck.
The vehicles specifications are as follows:
69 -- 1994 Ford Braun Chief 7.3 L Deisel
68 -- 1997 Ford Braun 7.3 L Power Stroke Turbo Deisel
67 -- 1999 Ford Braun Raider 7.3 L Power Stroke Turbo Deisel
66 -- 2004 Ford Braun 7.3 L Power Stroke Turbo Deisel
65 -- 1991 Ford F700 E-1 Rescue...Rescue inventory list
The first four vehicles are our Ambulances, stocked for any emergency. 65 is our rescue truck, containing supplies for incidents such as fires, motor vehicle accidents, mass casualty incidents, and hazardous materials incidents. The last vehicle (64) is our first responder unit; members may use it to conduct Squad-related business while on duty so as to insure a timely response to an emergency call.
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