MAPLEWOOD FIRST AID SQUAD CHIEF TO BE HONORED NATIONALLY

Bruce Mandel, the tireless head of the volunteer first aid squad who died last year, will be among those honored at the national EMS Memorial Service.


The event, set for June 23 in Colorado Springs, recognizes those EMS workers who have died. 20 EMS workers from 13 states will be given the honor.


The formal announcement describes Mandel as:


Bruce Mandell, of Maplewood Volunteer First Aid Squad, Maplewood, NJ, who died in the line of duty
on October 3, 2011 of an on-duty cardiac event