Emergency Services Meeting Minutes
Dear Piscataway Township,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
All meeting minutes recorded and notices made in accordance with OPMA for the monthly Emergency Services meeting over the last 10 years in which members of various Fire District Commissioners, members of the Piscataway Township Police Department, and members of the Office of Emergency Management are present to formulate policy for the response of emergencies occurring in the Township of Piscataway.
It would be understood if meetings had partial redactions due to public safety.
Yours faithfully,
Herb Tarbous
Good morning:
There are no responsive documents to this request in the Township’s
possession. These Emergency Services meetings do not meet the criteria of
a “Public Body” or “Meeting” pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-8(a) & (b) of the
Open Public Meetings Act. As such, minutes are not required pursuant to
law.
The Township offers the following additional information regarding these
meetings:
The attendees at the Emergency Services meetings are the Fire Chiefs,
Asst. Fire Chiefs, EMS representation from River Road Rescue and North
Stelton Rescue, Rutgers Emergency Services Coordinator, Piscataway OEM
Coordinator, and a representative from the Middlesex County OEM. This
meeting is not empowered to vote on any matter or spend money, is not a
public meeting, nor are there more than two persons from any one fire
district that act as Commissioners in attendance. At the meeting, the
attendees discuss operations at fire scenes, dispatch issues, response
issues, agency coordination issues, and other emergency or security
issues. It is an operations meeting and a communication opportunity
between the departments. The meeting has been going on for 20+ years and
rotates to one of the six firehouses every month. The Township police
department is a guest at this meeting and has been attending for about 8
years.
Your request is now closed.
Thank you,
Monica Orlando
Deputy Township Clerk
Clerks Dept
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Phone: (732) 562-2310
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