By LAURA LAB
Credits: Caldwell Borough Zoom Meeting
Credits: Caldwell Borough Zoom Meeting
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January 1, 2021 at 9:18 AM
CALDWELL, NJ — For the final meeting of the council for 2020, Mayor John Kelley invited David Black, president of the West Essex First Aid Squad (WEFAS), to present an update from the squad's perspective of 2020 and their status moving forward.
“It was a rather significant and impactful year for all of us and our first aid squad was very important to all of us, and we owe them a debt of gratitude," Kelley said in his introduction of Black.
Black began by thanking the mayor, council and Mark Guiliano, director of the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) for their support and noted that the "call volumes are increasing as people are becoming a lot more social.” Black confirmed that the mortality rates are decreasing but “we are now taking entire family units to the hospitals. The hospitals are in a much better place than last time. The hospitals are all in a red zone, meaning no visitors are allowed in at all. Every call that comes into the hospital now is considered COVID positive.”