WALL, N.J. — MONOC recently donated a used ambulance from their fleet to The Ocean County EMS and Fire Training Academy in Waretown. The vehicle is a fully functioning Type III ambulance that can be used for the numerous EMT and Firefighter training programs that are conducted every year. This is the second ambulance donated by MONOC and allows for a more realistic training environment for students learning to operate in an ambulance.
MONOC’s President and CEO, Vince Robbins said “MONOC is happy to be able to make this donation to aid in the training of all of the volunteer EMTs and Firefighters that serve Ocean County. Our relationship with the Training Academy spans decades and we are pleased to continue working with the County to provide quality education to all of its first responders that our Paramedics work with every day.”
MONOC Mobile Health Services is a non-profit hospital cooperative consisting of 15 acute care hospitals located throughout New Jersey. Formed in 1978 MONOC’s mission is to improve healthcare and reduce costs. MONOC employs over 790 employees and operates a fleet of over 100 ambulances. Together this shared services consortium acts as a healthcare cooperative for these acute care hospitals and over 2.8 million residents that they serve living in more than 1,800 square miles of the Garden State.
Among its numerous service lines, MONOC operates MICU Paramedic Services, Helicopter interfacility and 911 services, Mobile Critical Care Services and Basic Life Support interfacility and 911 services. Additionally, MONOC operates the State’s largest EMS education department and a 24/7 state of the art 9-1-1 dispatch center which handled over 146,000 requests for service in 2014.