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Northvale honors ambulance crew after Rockley fire chief revived during response
Summary
Council recognized Northvale and mutual-aid EMS and fire personnel after Rockley Fire Chief Scott Roberts suffered a cardiac arrest while crews responded to a carbon-monoxide alarm; a coordinated response and defibrillation restored his heartbeat en route to the hospital.
Northvale Mayor McGuire and the borough council publicly thanked Northvale Ambulance Corps members and mutual-aid fire departments after Rockley Fire Chief Scott Roberts suffered an on-scene cardiac arrest during a Jan. 31 response to a carbon monoxide alarm.
Mayor McGuire read a letter from Ken Shepherd, assistant chief in Rockley, describing the response and praising Northvale personnel for helping revive Chief Roberts. "If it were not for the fast responding efforts of Abby, Kevin, Jack, and other members of the EMS on scene, Chief Roberts would not be…
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