Volunteers in the Middle of the Night

The enthusiasm is There! The team is fantastic! We’ve all worked hard, and we have it happening!

Those are the thoughts of Captain Lance Hubeny, after the Atlantic Highlands Mayor and Council announced at its meeting this week that five squad members answered a 2 a.m. first aid call.

Hubeny was pleased to hear of the announcement and praised the squad for their enthusiasm. “Just think,” he said, “two years ago, we were lucky enough to get two people out for a call in the middle of the night. Now we have more than we need and they’re all eager to respond.”

Hubeny has been chief of the squad for the two years since the borough retained Meridian to answer calls during daylight hours. During those two years, in promoting the benefits of being a first aid volunteer, in urging more membership and in conducting outreach to encourage more members, the squad has grown, more volunteers are taking the necessary EMT classes and through their own fund raising recently purchased a used ambulance and is ordering a new one which takes two to three years to receive, the volunteers are now a far more effective, efficient, and enthusiastic group of volunteers able to serve the community.

“You know I’m always so proud of all these volunteers,” the captain said,” and the idea of more coming out for a middle of the night emergency call that we actually need is just one more reason why this borough has every right to feel so proud of all our volunteers.