Certified fire EMS equipment as overdose harm reduction

The FY2026 report certifies 108,404.16 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1) on one program, Bloomfield Substance Use Prevention and Safety, recipient Township of Bloomfield, primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention (pp4 to 7). It describes the program as substance misuse prevention, education, medical equipment and safety. Its awareness indicators name the Black Poster Project and DARE supplies. The books put 52,601.63 of Fire Department equipment inside that figure. Journal reference 2666, dated 11/24/2025, moved 26,431.63 of Fire Department charges onto settlement account G-02-40-503-024. Its backup is V.E. Ralph and Son orders shipped to the Fire Department. Among them are an ambulance cot at 8,363.16 on purchase order 25-02614, a Transcend track stair chair with options at 4,672.00 on invoice 485527, oxygen regulators, defibrillator pads and batteries, extrication coats, tourniquets and gloves. The backup holds no naloxone. Purchase order 26-02035, paid by check dated 06/22/2026, bought two ARM XR automated chest compression devices for the Fire Department at 26,170.00. The report names medical equipment but files it as harm reduction. The harm reduction uses Exhibit E lists center on naloxone, overdose response education and syringe services. An ambulance cot, a stair chair and mechanical CPR devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no overdose program using this equipment is documented.