DC Fire and EMS
The medical director’s resignation is the latest failure for a department entrusted with the care of the nation’s capital citizens and visitors
Don’t hold your breath that private EMS handling less emergent calls will resolve the underlying problems at DC Fire and EMS
Before DC Fire and EMS accuses the public of 911 abuse, the system needs to be staffed, monitored and performing effectively
The paramedic wrestled with a knife-wielding woman as a firefighter pleaded with dispatchers to send police
A fire truck was on scene within three minutes of the call, but it did not have a paramedic on board
An official said Sunday that the outage was caused by an equipment failure inside the system
A screenshot of the call log showed the woman called five minutes earlier than what the dispatch office claimed
Norman Brooks was placed on leave Wednesday following a slew of inflammatory Facebook posts about police shootings
The private ambulances have eased D.C. Fire and EMS’s ability to respond to emergency calls
The DC Fire and EMS EMT rushed to the scene and assisted the boy until paramedics arrived
Officials said the department’s lack of a permanent medical director and new operation of private ambulance services is slowing down training exercises
An internal memo from D.C. Fire and EMS shows concern over compatibility issues between city ambulances and AMR units
The armed man who was shot by police and a bystander hit with shrapnel were transported to the hospital
The partnership with AMR will allow less D.C. Fire and EMS ambulances to be tied up responding to non-emergency calls
A spokesperson for the department said paramedics were on scene within minutes, but the closest available transport unit was nearly eight miles away
Within minutes of the shooting, there was a heavy police and firefighter presence but no ambulance
The panel is supposed to be advising the mayor on medical emergency policy; a member of the panel said the lack of cooperation is ‘disheartening’
An attorney said the lieutenant has retired and can no longer be disciplined; he is accused of failing to respond to a call for a choking child
The company will maintain a fleet of ambulances to respond to 911 calls during high-volume periods
Kevin Hazzard joins the podcast to talk about the experiences of being a paramedic in the Grady EMS system
The co-founder of EMS1 shares his concern for a system addicted to the status quo and outlines a path to great medicine
Jullette Saussy clarified her complaints against the department and compared the D.C. systems with others from around the country
The move comes in the midst of controversy over how the department is run after director Jullette Saussy resigned last week
Michael Morse joins the podcast to talk about the inspiration behind his books
Our co-hosts think the DC Fire and EMS leadership is failing the public and its EMS providers
City officials stand with the fire chief and the pace of reforms to training, staffing and bringing in private ambulances
Dr. Jullette Saussy said the department is resistant to reform and that people are dying needlessly
They were reassigned to duties away from patient care and will undergo additional training while an investigation is conducted
After two DC Fire and EMS ambulances became stuck, paramedic Kenneth Lyons walked through the deep snow to reach the patient
The dispatcher who sent the first ambulance on scene didn’t mention to responders that the patient was in cardiac arrest
Crews arrived to see police with what they presumed to be their patient on the ground; they saw the patient didn’t need medical care and went back to their station
The decision came after two infants in the same week were transported to the hospital in fire trucks