VIDEO: Two major emergency service providers in Bergen County are joining forces to save lives and potentially save taxpayers money.
The former Paramus Rescue Squad merged with the Paramus Fire Department at the beginning of this month.
“The fire department is our brothers and sisters. Before, they were called our cousins. Now, they’re called our brothers and sisters,” Battalion Chief Peter Braun, with the Paramus Fire Department said.
Braun heads up what used to be the rescue squad before the merger. “The trucks are really a rolling toolbox. Anything that you can imagine someone could get themselves stuck in, on, under, next to, above, we’ll get them out,” he said of the squad’s function.
Now, the squad has essentially become the borough’s fifth volunteer fire company. The other four companies are spread out around the borough.
