Friday, October 12, 2007

APP.COM - Emergency response teams receive mobile command posts | Asbury Park Press Online

APP.COM - Emergency response teams receive mobile command posts | Asbury Park Press Online: "The Bayshore Regional and Toms River community emergency response teams received mobile command post trailers Thursday from the state. New Jersey's Office of Emergency Management presented nine teams from across the state with the trailers, which are loaded with equipment needed to set up mobile command posts and triage centers, state police said. The equipment in the trailers includes a tent, electric generator, emergency lights, stretchers, rescue devices and medical supplies, according to state police. The Bayshore Regional team includes volunteers from Holmdel, Aberdeen, Hazlet, Keyport and Union Beach. The community emergency response team, or CERT, concept was developed in Los Angeles in 1985."

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