Montclair Ambulance Unit President Jonathan Hirsh '95, Responds with NJ-USAR for Matthew

Montclair Ambulance Unit (MAU) President Jonathan Hirsh was recently deployed as part of New Jersey Task Force One (NJ-TF1) to some of the hardest hit areas of southeast region in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

NJ-TF1 is part of the National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) system, coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and provides for the response of expertly trained and well-equipped urban search and rescue teams to assist when local resources are overwhelmed. The team operates around the clock, and includes engineers and other technical specialists in such fields as Communications, Hazardous Materials, Heavy Equipment and Rigging, Canine Search with specially trained search dogs, Logistics, Medical, Rescue, Structures, Technical Search and Technical Information.

MAU President Jonathan Hirsh has served as a Logistics Specialist for NJ-TF1 since joining in December of 2013 but his roots with MAU go back to 1993 when he began as a volunteer EMT. Mr. Hirsh has received training in technical rope rescue, confined space rescue, HazMat and swift water rescue (including boat operator). Hurricane Matthew was his first deployment.

Outside of emergency services, Mr. Hirsh, is the Chief Operating Officer for Clifton based Lamart Corporation and a Montclair resident. After receiving a BS at Syracuse and MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson began as a regional sales manager at Lamart and rose through the ranks to his current position.

Founded in 1953, Montclair Ambulance Unit is an independent Basic Life Support ambulance service licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health that provides emergency medical care, non-emergent ambulance transport and community education to the residents of Montclair and the surrounding area.