Crew Chief

Our Crew Chiefs are members that have worked their way into a leadership position. Crew Chiefs have gone through their EMT training and have proven themselves capable of handling emergency situations while managing entire crews. These individuals have been trained on how to properly respond to and handle various emergency situations from cardiac arrest to car accidents, and from emergency situations ranging from 1 patient to multiple patients requiring responses from multiple agencies in a pre-hospital setting, while effectively utilizing their crew where they are needed most. All of our Crew Chiefs have attained the age of 18, and spent numerous hours training and practicing their skills.

Our Crew Chiefs are the supervisors of our ambulance crews. While they will listen to recommendations and observations of other members of the crew, our Crew Chiefs have ultimate authority over scene operations and medical care, in most situations. This is to ensure safe, efficient, and appropriate care for each and every patient we come in contact with, while following the guidelines of the Incident Command Structure (ICS) and the National Incident Management System (NIMS), expanding ICS and NIMS to include other agencies when necessary. Our Crew Chiefs attend the same training classes as the rest of our organization, while maintaining their EMT certification.

Should at any time our members choose to further their knowledge and become a more advanced health care provider, we will support them and help them in any way we can, however as a BLS service provider these individuals are restricted to the EMT-B level while operating as a member of the MJFAS on an ambulance.

It is important to keep in mind that above all else, a Crew Chief is an EMT, and all EMTs are expected to follow all NJ State and MJFAS operating procedures at all times while on duty and on scene of an emergency situation. Crew Chiefs are also expected to attend their weekly duty night, monthly Squad business meeting, monthly Squad training, and a rotating Saturday shift. Per NJ and NREMT regulations, EMTs are required to maintain a Healthcare BLS CPR certification. Should an EMT allow their CPR to expire they are not allowed to ride on the ambulance until their cards are renewed.