Daretown Firefighters Take Part in Salem County Radiological Exercise

Woodstown, N.J. — November 5 — Members of the Daretown Fire Company participated in Salem County’s annual Radiological Emergency Response Plan (RERP) training exercise at Salem County Vocational Technical Schools.

During the exercise, Daretown firefighters served as the secondary monitoring team at the vehicle decontamination site. Their assignment involved supporting monitoring operations as part of the county’s planned response to a potential radiological emergency.

The RERP program is designed to help protect Salem County residents in the event of a radiological emergency. New Jersey’s radiological response program coordinates state, county, municipal and federal agencies and conducts exercises to test emergency plans and responder capabilities.