The Livingston First Aid Squad is an all-volunteer organization that serves the Township of Livingston, New Jersey. For over 70 years, we’ve been available 24/7 to provide emergency services to the community we all live in. With your help, we’ll be here another 70 years.
Meet the Squad
2024 Line Officers
President
Stacey Melhorn
Vice President
Barbara Sherman
Recording Secretary
Cami Massoni
Financial Secretary
Sharlene Komatsu
Treasurer
Patrick Ippolito
Captain
Jason Sharenow
Lieutenants
Evan Tamasco
Al Montagna
Radio Engineer
Stacey Melhorn
Active Members
Barbara Sherman
Stacey Melhorn
Sharlene Komatsu
Patrick Ippolito
Jason Sharenow
Cami Massoni
Andrew Rosenberg
Stu Slotnick
Al Montanga
Evan Tamasco
Sara Navi
Jacob Raskin
Matthew Hoffman
Ganesh Kamath
Active Life Members
Scott Maynard
Craig Melhorn
Al Epstein
Elliot Sherman
Probationary Members
Ananya Shankar
Tyrus Yung
Our history
The squad before the squad
About 85 years ago—before the Livingston First Aid Squad was started—our local firemen joined together to create a community ambulance service to put their first aid training to use. This first “rescue squad” was available 24/7 and operated as a unit of the Fire Department. Unfortunately, with steadily increasing demand, it became difficult for the limited number of firemen to handle all the calls in addition to their fire department duties.
So, in January 1950, the Livingston First Aid Squad was created with not just firefighters, but other volunteers, too. Operating independently gave us the opportunity for a larger volunteer force, all focusing their training on first aid work. It also allowed us to make better arrangements for ambulance service and equipment maintenance.
Eventually, we became a member of the New Jersey State First Aid Council. The council keeps the squads informed of improvements in the equipment design, introduction of new equipment, changes in technique of first aid administration and so on. The Council even has a system that calls on other first aid squads to help us when the Livingston ambulances are all in service.
Over the years, we’ve come a long way. The Livingston First Aid Squad may have been started by firefighters trying to improve the ambulance service, but it’s grown to become a squad of dedicated volunteers from our community, for our community. Here’s to another 70 years.
Our Ambulance Fleet
Where the rubber meets the road
The Livingston First Aid Squad operates a group of Type III Ambulances. Our ambulances are equipped with the latest technology to provide the highest quality care to our patients. A large portion of donations go toward keeping our fleet both up-and-running and up-to-date.
