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• Tenn. fire dept. wants to add 67 more staff members

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  Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they “actually deal with having shortfalls” due to low staff numbers

• 9/11 responders' health treatment threatened by budget plan

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  Lawmakers say the impact would be dreadful for the more than 83,000 responders and survivors who rely on the WTC Health Program

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  The impact of a government shutdown on public safety

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  Here's a breakdown of who is considered "essential" and "nonessential" during a federal government shutdown

• Calif. fire chief: Department handled more calls with fewer resources in 2017

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  Of the 836 transient-related calls the fire department responded to, 95 percent were for medical reasons such as drug overdoses and alcohol-related issues

• Troubled EMS agency lays off 23 staff members

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  Officials said the company is restructuring to stay current with the “ever-changing health-care marketplace”

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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

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