Alert Ambulance Services Donates Ambulances

Alert Ambulance Services, a leading medical transportation provider in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, in partnership with Meridian Health, showed their combined commitment to the safety of our community residents with a priceless gift to the American Red Cross' Jersey Coast Chapter. Alert Ambulance Services President Robert Davis and IT Director Jack Trovato presented the keys of three newly restored ambulances to the Regional Red Cross CEO Tara Kelly and Chief Disaster and Logistics Officer Leo Pratte along with the support of Red Cross Board Member and Development Chair Steven Crawford, M.D. 'These ambulances had most recently been used by Meridian for transportation of patient from Helicopter Pads to the ER at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, and now theyu will continue to server our area for a long time", says Tara Kelly, Regional Red Cross CEO.

This generous donation on behalf of Alert will ensure that the Jersey Coast's Regional Chapter of the American Red Cross can continue their important disaster response efforts in Monmouth and Ocean Counties and continue to help people in need. Individuals affected by disasters, natural or otherwise, count on the Red Cross Disaster Action Team and our specially trained Emergency Response Workers to provide shelter, food, emotional support and other assistance every day. These specially equipped Emergency Response Vehicles (ERV's) make this work possible.

In the past twelve months, the Disaster Relief workers from the Jersey Coast Chapter have responded to 104 local emergencies in Monmouth and Ocean Counties, providing critical care and comfort to 1114 adults and children. View map of local responses.

Leo Pratte, Chief Disaster and Logistics Officer is pleased by the generous donation, saying "These three ambulances will now find a second life as a transformed American Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles, ensuring that we have the transportation and Mobile Feeding Units necessary to do our job."