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Watchung Fire Department would like to thank New Jersey American Water for selecting our department as one of their 2023 Firefighter and EMS grant recipients. This grant will allow our department to buy (17) Personal Streamlight Flashlights at no cost to the borough or the department. A special thanks goes out to NJAW Fire & EMS Grant Coordinator Kate Brown for all of her help throughout the grant application process.
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Great to have your contributions to the community recognized!
GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU!!!
Top notch professionals !!!
Great Job by former Watchung Firefighter Tim Greves in helping to save a life. Tims Father Gary Greves is also an active and long time member of the Watchung Fire Department. 馃敟馃敟馃敟馃敟馃殥馃殥馃殥馃殥馃殥馃敟馃敟馃敟 馃敟We're shining a light on one of our incredible Central Falls Fire Department dispatchers, whose quick thinking saved a life.
Late one night last week, a family was banging on the doors of our station, holding their 8-day old baby who was grey/blue and not breathing. A nightmare scenario for any new parent. One of our dispatchers, Timothy Greves, heard the banging and immediately made the decision to start life-saving back blows on the infant, while alerting firefighters for help. A bilingual firefighter stepped in to help provide translation, keep the family calm, and reassure them their baby was in good hands. Thanks to Tim, the baby began breathing again and was safe in his fathers arms before being transported to the hospital.
When seconds mattered, Tim's quick response saved a life. We are lucky to have Tim in our city, and grateful that our dispatchers are located right inside our fire station.
Learn about life-saving back blows for infant choking here: bit.ly/3Rr9wO4
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Estamos destacando a uno de nuestros incre铆bles despachadores del Departamento de Bomberos de Central Falls, cuyo pensamiento r谩pido salv贸 una vida.
Una noche de la semana pasada, una familia golpeaba las puertas de nuestra estaci贸n, sosteniendo a su beb茅 de 8 d铆as que estaba gris/azul y no respiraba. Un escenario de pesadilla para cualquier nuevo padre. Uno de nuestros despachadores, Timothy Greves, escuch贸 los golpes e inmediatamente tom贸 la decisi贸n de comenzar a golpear al beb茅 en la espalda para salvarle la vida, mientras alertaba a los bomberos para que pidieran ayuda. Un bombero biling眉e intervino para ayudar a proporcionar traducci贸n, mantener la calma de la familia y asegurarles que su beb茅 estaba en buenas manos. Gracias a Tim, el beb茅 comenz贸 a respirar nuevamente y estuvo a salvo en los brazos de su padre antes de ser transportado al hospital.
Cuando los segundos importaban, la r谩pida respuesta de Tim salv贸 una vida. Tenemos suerte de tener a Tim en nuestra ciudad y estamos agradecidos de que nuestros despachadores est茅n ubicados dentro de nuestra estaci贸n de bomberos.
Obtenga m谩s informaci贸n sobre los golpes en la espalda que salvan vidas en caso de asfixia de beb茅s aqu铆: bit.ly/3Rr9wO4
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