Members of the Berkeley Heights Volunteer Rescue Squad and the Berkeley Heights Fire Department arrived at the Watchung Reservation on May 16th in response to a reported medical issue involving a hiker on the History Trail.

Rescue-1 and Ranger-1 had to respond to the isolated site, according to officials, in order to help workers reach the patient. To find, treat, and securely remove the patient from the trail, firefighters, rescue squad members, paramedics from Atlantic Mobile Health, and the Union County Police Department collaborated.

In less than an hour, responders successfully finished the rescue and moved the patient to an ambulance that was waiting on Sky Top Road. After that, the patient was brought to a nearby hospital for more assessment and care.