Tabernacle Residents Rally as Historic Rescue Squad Faces Imminent Closure

After 70 years, the Tabernacle Rescue Squad will close in less than 60 days, shocking the community. Want to keep it open. A recent county meeting was filled with individuals anxious about losing emergency services and urging politicians to reconsider.

The meeting was full of community members who stressed the squad’s importance to Tabernacle’s emergency and medical services. Many said the squad altered their lives and worried that eliminating it would endanger everyone. The township committee upheld the eviction and firing warning despite loud protests. At the next public meeting on September 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the Tabernacle Fire Department on Hawkin Road, authorities indicated discussions will continue.

The rescue crew congratulated their neighbors on social media, saying the meeting showed community harmony. The team first distrusted township authorities, but they think talking to them often could help them maintain vital services. Because the local administration hasn’t indicated what will happen to the squad if it closes, emergency service users are apprehensive.

Tabernacle residents are pulling together to save its long-running rescue group as the deadline approaches. This illustrates the importance of government and emergency services working with citizens to find solutions.