PARSIPPANY — The Parsippany-Troy Hills Township Council approved a resolution on March 7 confirming the appointment of Dean Snook, MICP, NR-P, as head of the Department of Emergency Management.
Dean has been an employee of Parsippany-Troy Hills and assigned since the inception of Par-Troy Emergency Services in 2002 and has served as Chief of Par-Troy EMS since 2005. Dean also possesses the requisite skills, qualifications, license and credentials to oversee the Department and Par-Troy EMS operations.
Par-Troy EMS was re-assigned from the Department of Human Services and made a division of the recently created Department of Emergency Medical Services.
The powers and duties of the Division of Par-Troy EMS are to:
(1) Exercise the functions, powers and duties of a New Jersey Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services licensed ambulance provider;
(2) Provide 9-1-1 and on-demand emergency medical response throughout the Township and surrounding communities as required and in coordination with Township volunteer ambulance and rescue squads;
(3) Plan and administer emergency medical response protocols, procedures, guidelines, and standards;
(4) Coordinate and update mutual aid response plans;
(5) Provide training and competencies to Department personnel and Township employees;
(6) Maintain Department vehicles and equipment for maximum operational readiness;
(7) Administer the Township’s Third-Party Payment Plan for Emergency Medical Services, as well as billing and partnership agreements with participating hospitals and health care systems;
(8) Provide clinical oversight of emergency medical operations;
(9) Provide programs designed to promote the awareness of child passenger safety and educate the public regarding the same;
(10) Liaison with Township volunteer ambulance and rescue squads to coordinate on issues including, but not limited to operations, training and safety, and to maintain a current Township Emergency Medical Response Plan; and
(11) Provide special programs and initiatives promoting community health and safety, which special programs and initiatives may be in conjunction with other Township Departments or agencies.
The Par-Troy EMS doesn’t have a permanent home to call its own. It operates out of the Parsippany Community Center and the Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department on South Powder Mill Road.
In 2014 The Township of Parsippany-Troy Hills considered purchasing the home of late Councilman James Vigilante at 19 Littleton Road East but the proposal never materialized.
