Items

• Weehawken Ambulance from the 1940s

  This photo shows a very 1940s looking ambulance marked "Weehawken Emergency" and "Donated by Robert Reiner" standing in front of the dealer from which it was sold. The dealership, which was located in Brooklyn and Mineola, NY, is the subject of photograph number two. This is waaay before the days of the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad (which started in 1969), so it is likely that this vehicle was run either by the Weehawken Police of Fire Department or North Hudson Hospital. Robert Reiner was the owner of a large embroidery firm located on Hackensack Plank Road and it is good to see evidence that he was a good citizen and helped the town. If you have more information about this ambulance, we'd love to hear about it!
• Weehawken's First Ambulance - 1969

  This color photo shows the members of the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad with their shiny new Cadillac ambulance in 1969, when the squad was born.
• New First Aiders - WVFAS (Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad)

  News clipping (undated) about the formation of the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad in 1969. The caption reads: NEW FIRST AIDERS - Weehawken's Volunteer First Aid Squad, the only one of its kind in Hudson County, installed its first officers at the Union Club in Hoboken. They are, from left, John Gallo, secretary; Joseph Lavoie, president; Edward Aymar, vice president; and Ralph Auletto, captain. Group operates towns ambulance service.
• September 11 Commemorative EMS Patch

  This patch was presented to the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad on September 14, 2002 for its assistance to the Jersey City Medical Center's EMS response to the events of September 11, 2001. From the collection of Tom Cheplic.
• Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad Patch

  1976 - 1990 patch of Weehawken's volunteer emergency medical services organization. Thanks to Lt. Jeff Fulcher of the Weehawken PD for this image! Some additional information from WVFAS VP, Tom Cheplic: According to Life Member Bill Applegate, the designer of the NYC skyline patch was former squad member Ray Diaz. The change from the original Indian Head logo occurred somewhere around 1976 or 1977 as Ray had left the squad to go away to school by the end of the decade. This patch remained in place through the 1980s. By 1990, Life Member Bob Schwartz was designing the new patch which was just a more current version of the original. While Bob was as proud of the view as the next person, he felt that the skyline patch really didn't represent the squad well so he went back to basics. Thanks, Tom!
• Gold Cross: Birth of a First Aid Squad

  May 1970 cover story from Gold Cross - the official magazine of the New Jersey State First Aid Council describing the formation and very first call of the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad. Includes a very cool picture of the squad and its ambulance. Thanks to Craig Stewart for sending in this item!
• OpSail EMS Commemorative Patch

  Special patch issued to all of the Emergency Medical Units that participated in OpSail 2000 - including the Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad.
• Weehawken Volunteer First Aid Squad Patch

  A jacket patch from the WVFAS with the original Squad logo.