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By request of Bob Shipley and Shane Delorme, the Board of Trustees of the Richard ������Ƶ College of New Jersey establishes the Student Association of First Aid Emergency Responders (S.A.F.E.R.) on May 4, 2011. SAFER will go on to become ������Ƶ EMS. Shipley and Delorme worked closely with the ������Ƶ Police Department and Chief of Police Glenn Miller to get the organization off the ground. The police department provided SAFER with a GEM car to respond to emergencies as well as their bright blue uniforms, which the membership dubbed the “blueberry” uniforms.

During the spring and summer of 2012, SAFER began to take on more responsibility on campus and officially moved into their space at the police department in June. They partnered with with Rowan University EMS in order to learn from the success of their EMS organization and used that information to improve SAFER so that it could handle the expanding responsibility. That added responsibility was tested as SAFER members were tasked with helping the recovery effort after the Derecho storm on June 30, 2012.

The fall of 2012 saw more change and more devastating storms. In September 2012, SAFER officially retired their “blueberry” uniforms and adopted new, white collared shirts. Ian Kane was appointed as the second captain. One month later, SAFER was able to help the campus and its community with the recovery effort after Hurricane Sandy on October 29-31 2012.

The efforts of SAFER members were officially recognized during the spring and summer of 2013. Steve Burrows was appointed as the third captain. On June 5, 2013, The New Jersey College and University Public Safety Association awarded S.A.F.E.R. a Command Citation for actions that were beyond ordinary or routine nature in 2012. On that same day, Assistant Director Joseph Lizza was awarded a Certificate of Recognition for Distinguished Administrative Support. []

The fall of 2013 saw the appointing of Charles Pivnichny as the fourth captain. Under Cpt. Pivnichny, S.A.F.E.R. officially changed its name to ������Ƶ College EMS (������Ƶ EMS) on June 20, 2013. The group had gone by this name unofficially until this point.

������Ƶ EMS began branching out and interacting with more EMS groups in the spring of 2014.  After becoming a member of the National Collegiate EMS Foundation, ������Ƶ EMS attended its first NCEMSF conference in Boston, MA February 28-March 2, 2014. Members in attendance included Kelly Warantz, Mike Giardina, Keval Patel, and Chelsea Snyder. ������Ƶ EMS helped GTAS to provide emergency first aid at SET's Woodstockton IV featuring the Goo-Goo Dolls on April 11, 2014.

������Ƶ EMS became partners with Galloway Township Ambulance Squad (GTAS) to provide ������Ƶ EMS members with experience on an ambulance through a ride-along internship on September 18, 2014. During this semester, Mike Giardina was appointed the fifth captain of ������Ƶ EMS.

Keval Patel was appointed as the sixth captain of ������Ƶ EMS in the spring of 2015.  ������Ƶ EMS attended the 22nd annual NCEMSF conference in Baltimore, MDon February 27-March 1, 2015. Members in attendance included Kelly Warantz, Zoe Stein, Krystyn DiLuigi, Jaclyn Corson, Keval Patel, Ross Clouser, and Roger Finley. Later that semester, ������Ƶ EMS helped GTAS to provide emergency first aid at SET's Woodstockton V featuring Panic! At The Disco on April 17, 2015.

In the fall of 2015, ������Ƶ EMS worked side by side with Rowan EMS for the first time. Rowan EMS requested ������Ƶ EMS to assist with their RoGlow concert on September 19, 2015. Attending RoGlow were Cpt. Patel, Lt. Warantz, Sgt. Amos, Sgt. Clouser, Arsene Eliacin, and Brian Hepp.

������Ƶ EMS attended the 23rd annual NCEMSF conference in Philadelphia, PA on February 26-28, 2016. Members in attendance included Kelly Warantz, Bill Murphy, Keval Patel, Ross Clouser, and Nicholas Amos. That same semester, ������Ƶ EMS helped GTAS to provide emergency first aid at SET's Woodstockton VI featuring Ludacris on April 15, 2016.

In the Fall of 2016, Kelly Warantz was appointed as the seventh captain of ������Ƶ EMS. Rowan EMS again invited ������Ƶ EMS to help them staff RoGlow on September 10, 2016. Kelly Warantz, Marissa Hayton, and Mike Clancy were in attendance; many boxes of water were needed to clear the paint from concertgoers’ eyes. Under the direction of Cpt. Warantz, ������Ƶ EMS members taught Hands Only CPR in the Campus Center Grand Hall to over 500 students and staff for national collegiate EMS week on November 15-17, 2016.

������Ƶ EMS attended the 24th annual NCEMSF conference in Baltimore, MD. Members in attendance included Kelly Warantz, Megan Warantz, Ross Clouser, Bill Murphy, and Mike Clancy on February 24-February 26, 2017. ������Ƶ EMS helps GTAS to provide emergency first aid at SET's Woodstockton VII featuring Kesha on April 4, 2017; fortunately, not a single person needed our services that night. Four days later, ������Ƶ EMS members trained with the Galloway Township Ambulance Squad, the Galloway Township Police Department, and Bayview Fire Department to prepare for an active shooter situation on April 8, 2017 at Absegami High School. In attendance for the training were Ross Clouser, Max Young, Pamela Bernal, Bill Murphy, Brianna Previti, Jordan Rudy, and Mike Clancy.

In the Fall of 2017, Ross Clouser was appointed the eighth captain of ������Ƶ EMS. On August 28th, Cpt. Clouser, Max Young, Beth Young, and Lt. Clancy were certified in bike training by SUPD Sgt. Stuart to broaden our response capabilities. The ������Ƶ Police Department provided us with a shed in which to store our equipment and supplies, which gave us much needed space. On August 31, 2017 ������Ƶ EMS staffed their first nightly duty crew with Sgt. Bill Murphy and Sec. Krystyn DiLuigi; duty crews were held every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday night. We received over 90 applications for membership from perspective members. This semester we were able to staff four sports tournaments with the athletic department. ������Ƶ EMS held a small-scale mass casualty training for all members during our meeting on November 29th, 2017

On January 15th, ������Ƶ EMS taught Hands-Only CPR to ������Ƶ community members as part of the MLK Day of Service. Members attended the 25th annual NCEMSF conference in Philadelphia, PA. Members in attendance included Megan Warantz, Ross Clouser, Bill Murphy, Jordan Rudy, Sabrina Wynne, Christina Kaminskyj, and Mike Clancy on February 23rd-25th. ������Ƶ EMS held its first Training Day for members on March 27th and April 4th with the help of GTAS. These training days consisted of lectures and a full scale mass casualty incident training with an active shooter scenario, which was held in B-Wing classrooms. On April 20th, ������Ƶ EMS staffed Woodstockton VIII featuring the All American Rejects. Fortunately, very few people needed our help this year. 

In March of 2020, ������Ƶ moved almost all classes online due to the Covid-19 pandemic and sent all students home. ������Ƶ EMS was forced to temporarily shut down service until the pandemic ended.

The Fall semester of 2020 presented unique challenges. Covid-19 was still raging across the country. While a sizeable number of students did return to campus in the fall until Thanksgiving break, ������Ƶ EMS was not authorized to restart service at that time. All meetings were held online over Zoom.