Mountainside Rescue Squad

10/17/2026

Today is the day! We are expecting a large turn out tonight. Our event is from 6pm-9pm. There is no parking at Borough Hall - please park in the library parking lot and use the pedestrian foot bridge to walk over or park at the Mountainside Community Pool and follow the signs

Purchase tickets in advanced, $5 per person, by clicking the link below

https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/2026TrailOfTerror

10/16/2026

Tomorrow’s the day our ghosts and ghouls have been waiting for!! 👻🎃 Our annual Trail of Terror and Haunted House is almost here!

Click the link below to purchase your tickets in advance—if you dare! 😈

🚨 There is NO PARKING at Borough Hall. Please park at either:

📍 Mountainside Library—use the pedestrian footbridge to cross Route 22.
📍 Mountainside Community Pool—follow the signs to the entrance.

Tickets:

Join me at the Trail of Terror & Haunted House

10/09/2026

Earlier today, our Chief presented “Your Agency’s Vital Signs” at the EMS Council of New Jersey Convention. Chief Pastore and the Squad’s attorney, Margaret Keavney, developed the course to help volunteer EMS leaders recognize signs of organizational decline, identify the underlying causes, and take practical steps toward lasting improvement.

The program addressed leadership, training, professional standards, recruitment and retention, organizational culture, financial health, community relationships, and a practical 90-day improvement plan.

We are proud that the lessons learned and improvements implemented at the Mountainside Rescue Squad can now help strengthen volunteer EMS organizations throughout New Jersey

09/27/2026

Less than two weeks until our annual Haunted Trail!! Click the link in our bio for more information and to purchase tickets. Our ghost and ghouls can’t wait to see you!!

09/11/2026

Twenty-five years ago, our country changed forever. We remember the 2,977 lives lost that day, including 60 from Union County. We remember those who, in a moment of unimaginable uncertainty, chose to help: the police officers, firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, 911 dispatchers, and ordinary citizens who ran toward danger, cared for strangers, carried the injured, guided people to safety, and answered when their country and their neighbors needed them most.

A quarter century later, remembrance is more than looking back. It is keeping those we lost in our hearts, honoring those who served in the hours, days, weeks, months, and years that followed, and standing beside those who still carry the effects of that day. Twenty-five years later, we remember the lives, the courage, the sacrifice, and the way Americans showed up for one another when it mattered most. We will never forget!🇺🇸

09/02/2026

🎗️SEPTEMBER IS PEDIATRIC CANCER AWARENESS MONTH🎗️

This month we proudly display a gold ribbon on our ambulances and special operations vehicle in honor of every child who has faced cancer, every family who has stood beside them, and every survivor whose strength inspires us. Today we remember those we have lost and we celebrate the courage of the young warriors who continue to fight.

Behind every diagnosis is a child with a name, a family, a story, and dreams for the future

💛 Small Warriors. Big Strength. 💛

From all of us at Mountainside Rescue Squad, we stand with pediatric cancer patients, survivors, families, caregivers, and the medical professionals who fight alongside them every day.

🎗️ September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. Help us spread awareness and keep these young warriors in our hearts.

08/29/2026

👻🎃 Our ghosts and ghouls are excited to announce the return of the Mountainside Rescue Squad’s annual Trail of Terror & Haunted House!

Join us if you dare on Saturday, October 17, from 6:00–9:00 PM at the Mountainside Rescue Squad, 1399 Route 22 East, Mountainside NJ 07092

This year, for the first time, admission will be $5 per person. We have worked hard to keep the Trail of Terror free in years past, but as the event has grown, so have the costs of bringing it to life. This modest admission fee will help offset the cost of producing the event, and proceeds will directly support the training, lifesaving equipment, and daily operations that keep our all-volunteer Rescue Squad ready to answer the call.

Every ticket helps us continue one of Mountainside’s favorite Halloween traditions and helps ensure that our volunteers are prepared when our community needs us most.

Please be sure to purchase tickets!!

🎟️ Scan the QR code to purchase tickets or visit https://www.ticketsignup.io/TicketEvent/2026TrailOfTerror

🎃 Admission includes mini-pumpkin painting while supplies last

🚗 Please ONLY park at the Mountainside Public Library or Mountainside Community Pool and follow the signs. There is no parking at Burrough Hall and if you park at the library, please use the pedestrian footbridge to cross Route 22

Thank you for supporting the Mountainside Rescue Squad, our ghosts can’t wait to scare…I mean see you

Join me at the Trail of Terror & Haunted House

08/18/2026

Congratulations to our newest EMT, Ana Dinic!

Ana is officially a certified Emergency Medical Technician! Over the coming months, she will train alongside our senior EMTs as she continues working toward becoming a fully cleared EMT with the Mountainside Rescue Squad.

For Ana, EMS is also a family affair. She’ll be joining her sister, a senior EMT with the Squad, and following in her footsteps serving the Mountainside community.

Good luck Ana and thank you for your dedication to the residents of the Borough and the Mountainside Rescue Squad!!

07/18/2026

This morning, our members conducted a water-rescue training exercise at the Mountainside Community Pool. Our EMTs worked through several realistic scenarios in which lifeguards removed a patient from the water and transferred care to our crews for assessment, treatment, and transport. The lifeguards gave our members valuable insight into their protocols and the techniques they use to safely remove victims from the pool. Our members also received hands-on training with rescue throw ropes.

This was an invaluable opportunity for our members to practice responding to emergencies in and around the water while strengthening our partnership with the pool’s lifeguards. Thank you to the Mountainside Community Pool staff and lifeguards for their time, assistance, and participation. We hope to conduct another training exercise before the summer is over! Mountainside Recreation

07/08/2026

What a weekend we had! In addition to storm-related calls, we responded to 19 calls between Friday night and Monday morning, including a structure fire, multiple trauma activations, and a stretch on Sunday where our crew was out of the building for more than eight consecutive hours handling back-to-back calls. Despite the busy weekend, our volunteer EMTs also stood by at the Mountainside Fourth of July fireworks while staffing all four of our units. Thank you to everyone who staffed the ambulances, helped with the fireworks standby, and made sure an ambulance was there when our community needed it most! Also thank you to Roselle Park Fire Buff for taking some great pictures of us during the fireworks and letting us share some of them!!