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  EMS budget planning primer for new paramedic chiefs

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  Climbing the ranks of EMS often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials

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  Floods, fires, other disasters add stress to state budgets

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  The combined tab from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is expected to hit $200 billion or more

• Ga. city fights to keep EMS station open

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  County commissioners proposed a budget that would force a permanent closure of the station

• Dept. increases salaries to reduce firefighter, paramedic turnover

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  Intermediate providers would receive $3,000 more per year and paramedics would receive $6,000 more per year

• Fire dept. adds third ambulance after spike in calls

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  The ambulance was acquired last year, but the department only recently received funding to staff it full-time

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  Lawsuit alleges Okla. EMS agency accepted kickbacks

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  The agency faces charges of accepting bribes in the form of cash and gifts for intentionally omitting terms of kickbacks from written contracts

• Canadian city approves tax to deal with opioid crisis

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  More than 620 fatal drug overdoses across the province occurred from January through October

• Md. county approves $195K loan to purchase ambulance

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  This new equipment will replace one of the fire company's current ambulances from 2005 that has about 130,000 miles on it

• Tenn. county's ambulance plan may raise fire fees

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  The 12 percent increase in fees would be used to purchase 12 ambulances, equipment and the hiring and training of additional staff

• Texas hospital no longer taking ambulance patients

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  Turnaround time for ambulances between calls have tripled and the need for more EMS crews has cost taxpayers an extra $16,000 a month

• Utah county considers opting out of dispatch service

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  Morgan County pays for the 911 service only through a cell phone tax, while Weber County pays for 911 services with the cell phone tax and the property tax line

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  10 New Year's resolutions for paramedics

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  Here are 10 resolutions for personal and professional success in the year ahead

• What we learned about EMS in the first year of the EMS Trend report

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  Inaugural report sets foundation for evaluating changes, trends in the emergency care system, including standards of care, educational requirements and performance indicators

• W.Va. voters to decide EMS levy

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  If passed, the county will implement "zero-balance billing" for emergency ambulance calls

• 4 Pa. area ambulance companies join forces to deal with higher costs, EMT shortage

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  Three non-profits and a private service started by volunteer companies operate as one unit, but "this isn't a merger"

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