Residents packed a Tabernacle Township, New Jersey, meeting Monday night, pleading with Mayor Joseph Barton and other committee members to save the Tabernacle Rescue Squad , known locally as TRS. The ambulance company has served Tabernacle, Shamong, and Woodland Townships in Burlington County for more than 70 years.

Township leaders issued a 90-day eviction notice to TRS last month, signaling the squad should be disbanded by Nov. 9. But after more than an hour of outcry from residents during a public comment period in Monday's meeting, the committee announced it would temporarily postpone that decision.

Barton told CBS Philadelphia his committee was concerned that TRS was missing 30% of their calls, which put pressure on ambulance companies from neighboring towns.

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