EMS Grants
EMS1’s Grants section provides a comprehensive database of grants, news, information and resources to help EMS providers identify and secure available grant funding.
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
Zechariah Cartledge is recognized by cops and firefighters across the US who know him from his videos that capture him running a mile for each first responder killed on duty
Are EMS leaders prepared to take advantage of new and existing programs in 2022?
Funds through the Kansas Firefighter Recruitment and Safety Grant Program were awarded to various volunteer/part-time fire departments across the state
The inmates grabbed James Smith’s cell phone after he fell into a ditch, called 911 and waited until law enforcement and EMS arrived
Dr. Mohak Davé was named emergency department director of the year for his success in “quality patient care, operational effectiveness and patient satisfaction”
A federal grant will pay for 75 percent of the costs of the four firefighters for two years and then 35 percent of the cost in the third year
Eleven first responders were recognized for saving the life of Janice Gangloff, who suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed on her bedroom floor
Texas State Troopers Brandon Walmsley and Richard Northcote were awarded the Lifesaving Award for saving a 15-year-old with life-threatening gunshot wounds
The battery-powered stretchers cost nearly $160,000, and the grant paid for 90 percent of the purchase
Officer Nikki Hotz wasn’t supposed to be working the day she responded to a call about an unresponsive man
Katie Porter was honored with the Lifesaving Award after guiding a woman through CPR to try and save her husband
Medic Ambulance’s Jimmy Pierson was among 33 Californians to be honored for their heroic acts and extraordinary contributions to EMS
After two years of research, a team of experts has determined that it will cost between $9.5 and $12.7 billion over the next ten years to expand NG911
A SAFER Grant will pay for 75 percent of the newly-hired firefighters’ and EMS providers’ salaries for the next two years
Volusia County will use a $638,400 grant to roll out new programs and technology for a system that’s taking heat for its response times and ambulance availability
A couple was only looking for a fishing spot when they happened upon an injured and missing woman who had driven off a cliff and crashed some 200 feet below
The award winners were honored for courage while responding to the shooting of K-9 Sgt. Sean Gannon and the rescue of a woman who broke through the ice of a pond
Especially during the day, Lewis County EMS agencies have trouble staffing the rigs, which can significantly slow response times
The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health was awarded up to $2.3 million to deliver trauma training to high school students
Orange County’s first medal-day ceremony was a chance for the fire department to acknowledge the bravery of first responders in front of the community
The American Heart Association honored Logan Hill for saving a post office custodian who went into cardiac arrest
The improvements come after Oneida County experienced several issues, such as when mice chewed through phone lines, causing Verizon customers not to be able to contact 911
Miami County officials did not renew a state grant to receive free doses of naloxone, saying “overdoses are down significantly” in the area
The law makes firefighters, cops and emergency service officers fatally sickened by the toxic debris pile eligible for the 9/11 Heroes Medal of Valor
Two hospitals received $400,000 each, which allows them to keep patients in their emergency rooms until they start showing withdrawal symptoms
Government grants often mean long waiting periods with your application pending
Savannah Lovell was awarded the Life Saving Award for her efforts in a 911 call about a fatal fire at an apartment complex
Paramedic Mark Kennedy helped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin write the SIREN Act, which would reauthorize a federal grant program to support rural EMS agencies
Chad Power and Roxanne Schmiesing teamed up to write a plan called “Tomorrow’s Heroes” that will give students hands-on experiences as first responders
The report said nationwide Next Generation 911 implementation will cost between $9.5 billion and $12.7 billion over 10 years
Talina Moyer was awarded Call of the Week by an international organization after instructing a woman how to get out of her car as it was sinking into water
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